Bandura I. Scientific principles of formation culinary mushrooms Pleurotus, Cyclocybe, Flammulina and Calocybe genres quality

The dissertation on competition of a scientific degree of the doctor of agricultural sciences on a specialty 06.01.06 – vegetable growing (20 Agrarian sciences and food). Uman National University of Horticulture, Uman, 2023. The qualitative scientific work is substantiated scientific bases for formation the quality of xylotrophic mushroom species with proved food and medicinal value: oyster mushroom, lung mushroom, king oyster mushroom, lemon or gold oyster mushroom, winter needle mushroom, poplar mushroom or “piopinno” and tropical exotic species “milky mushroom”. In this work, the technological components of the cultivation process of the above species were investigated to obtain fruiting bodies with predictable qualitative characteristics by the requirements of post-harvest procedures. A comprehensive screening of 24 strains: P. ostreatus (5 strains), P. pulmonarius (1), P.eryngii (3), P. citrinopileatus (1), F. velutipes (10), C. aegerita (3), C. indica (1) underindustrial production conditions, based on the results of which technical characteristicsof productivity, parameters of phenotypic traits, biochemical contains of fruiting bodies,yield ratios of semi products in postharvest operations and primary processing weredetermined, allowing selection of the most promising strains for industrialimplementation. The necessity of achieving substrate selectivity by balancing the composition of organogenic, and essential elements, elimination of pathogenic microorganisms and creating a certain structure of substrates as the most crucial factor in the formation of yield quality of xylotrophic species is proven. The individual requirements of the studied cultivars for the degree of substrate electivity, their biological efficacy, and the nature of changes in the biochemical composition of the yield obtained in accordance with the composition of substrate compositions were determined.