JP2001000042A - Mushroom cultivation container and method of mushroom cultivation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject container intended for mechanizing and automating the artificial cultivation of mushroom. SOLUTION: This mushroom cultivation container is so designed that there are provided a container body 10 having a peripheral wall made of flexible thin sheet and a cover 20 covering the upper end opening 12 of the container body; the upper end peripheral rim 14 of the container body and the peripheral rim 24 of the cover 20 to be engaged on the container body are furnished with band-like joints 14a and 24a enabling both the container body and the cover to be heat-sealed with each other, respectively; the cover 20 is projectedly provided with cylindrical ports 30, each of which is detachably capped with a cap 40; between the cap 40 and the port 30, there is furnished an air hole 50 allowing the inside of the port 30 to communicate with the outside air in such a condition that the port 30 is capped with the cap 40, thereby ensuring an air exchange to be made between the inside of the container 10 and the outside air via the air hole 50 and the port 30 capped with the cap 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mushroom cultivation container mainly used for cultivating mushrooms such as mushrooms such as mushrooms, hiratake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. The present invention relates to a mushroom cultivation method mainly for cultivating mushrooms such as mushrooms such as mushrooms, hiratake mushrooms, hatake mushrooms, maitake mushrooms, etc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Artificial cultivation of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms has been actively performed using a culture medium obtained by mixing rice bran, nutrients and the like with sawdust or corn cob (a corn core finely crushed).

In cultivating mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms,
The above-mentioned sawdust or corn cob is mixed with rice bran, nutrients, etc., and the culture medium is put in a bag made of polypropylene or the like, and the culture medium in the bag is steam-sterilized. The inoculum is inoculated to spread mushroom mycelia in the culture medium. Next, the culture medium in which the mushroom mycelium has spread is removed from the bag, and mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms are germinated and grown around the culture medium.

[0004]

However, in the case of performing artificial cultivation such as shiitake mushrooms using the above-mentioned bags, the operation of bagging a culture medium for spreading mycelia of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, or the use of the bag. The operation of inoculating the mycelium of a mushroom such as a mushroom in a culture medium is performed exclusively by hand, and the cultivation work of a mushroom such as a shiitake mushroom using a bag thereof requires a great deal of labor and labor.

[0005] In recent years, in the cultivation of mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms, the mechanization and automation of the cultivation work have been greatly advanced, and the mushrooms such as enoki mushrooms can be used without much effort in a mushroom cultivation facility similar to a factory. Mass-produced.

[0006] On the other hand, in the artificial cultivation of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms using the above-mentioned bags, as described above, the cultivation is still carried out by relying solely on human labor with a great deal of labor and labor. Therefore, in the cultivation of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms using the above-mentioned bags, the mechanization and automation of the cultivation work of the mushrooms are planned, and the mushrooms such as the mushrooms are not labored and labored in a mushroom cultivation facility similar to a factory. It has been strongly desired that mass production be possible.

[0007] In order to achieve the mechanization and automation of the artificial cultivation of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms using the above-mentioned bag, the inventor of the present invention has formed an irregular shape which is difficult to handle with the mechanized device. Instead of the bag, the inventor has thought that a mushroom cultivation container having a fixed shape that is easy to handle in a mechanized device may be used. And a container for mushroom cultivation having a fixed shape that is easy to handle in a mechanized device instead of a bag used for mushroom cultivation such as mushrooms, and cultivation of mushrooms such as mushrooms using the mushroom cultivation container without human intervention. And a mushroom cultivation method that can be carried out.

[0008] That is, the present invention provides a container for cultivating mushrooms, which can maintain a certain stable shape in place of a bag capable of easily performing mechanization and automation of artificial cultivation of mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for cultivating a mushroom such as shiitake mushroom using a container, the method being capable of easily and appropriately mechanizing and automating the same.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a container for mushroom cultivation according to the present invention comprises a box-shaped container body having a wide open upper end, and a lid for covering the upper end opening of the container main body. A mushroom cultivation container comprising: a container body and a peripheral wall of a lid are formed from a flexible thin sheet, and an upper peripheral edge of the container main body and a peripheral edge of a lid to be fitted thereto. Is provided with a band-shaped joining portion that allows both to be heat-sealed, and one or a plurality of cylindrical openings are protruded from the lid, and a cap for covering the openings is detachably attached to the opening. And a vent hole is provided between the cap and the mouth to allow the inside of the mouth to communicate with the outside air.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, a method for cultivating a mushroom according to the present invention is characterized by including the following steps. a. A step of filling the container body of the container for mushroom cultivation of the present invention with a culture medium for mushroom cultivation from an upper end opening thereof, and perforating a long hole for inoculating a mushroom seed in the culture medium. b. The upper end opening of the container body filled with the culture medium having the long hole is covered with the lid of the mushroom cultivation container, and the peripheral edge of the lid is attached to the upper peripheral edge of the container body fitted with the lid. A step of airtightly joining by heat sealing, covering a mouth provided on the lid with a cap, and closing the mouth of the lid with the cap. c. A step of exposing the container body, the upper end opening of which is covered with a lid and the mouth of the lid is closed with a cap, to high-temperature steam, and pasteurizing the culture medium filled in the container body. d. A step of cooling the high-temperature sterilized culture medium together with the container body filled with the medium to a state close to room temperature. e. Removing the cap from the mouth of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body filled with the cooled culture medium, and inoculating the culture medium filled in the container body with mushroom seeds through the opening. f. A cap is placed over the mouth of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body filled with the culture medium inoculated with the mushroom inoculum, and after closing the opening with the cap, the upper end opening is covered with the lid. The container body filled with the culture medium with the mouth of the lid closed by the cap is placed in a culture room kept under a predetermined weather condition, and a vent provided between the mouth of the lid and the cap and A step of spreading mushroom hyphae into a culture medium filled in the container body while exchanging air between the inside of the container body and the outside air through the mouth of the lid. g. The belt-shaped joint portion joined by heat sealing between the peripheral edge of the upper end of the container body and the peripheral edge of the lid body filled with the culture medium in which the mushroom mycelium was spread was cut off from the container main body, and the upper end opening of the container main body was cut off. Removing the lid from the substrate to expose the upper surface of the culture medium to the upper end opening of the container body. h. By removing the lid and pressing a sword mountain member having needle-like projections on the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening of the container body, the sword mountain member punches a needle-shaped hole in the culture medium filled in the container body. After facilitating the introduction of water and air into the culture medium through the needle-shaped holes, the culture medium with the needle-shaped holes is taken out of the container body, and the mushrooms are germinated and grown from around the culture medium in which the mycelium spreads. Process.

Alternatively, in order to achieve the above object, the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is characterized in that, in the above mushroom cultivation method, instead of the step h, the mushroom cultivation method is applied to the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening of the container body. By pressing a sword mountain member having a needle-shaped protrusion, the needle-shaped protrusion of the sword mountain member pierces a needle-shaped hole in the culture medium filled in the container body, and facilitates the intake of water and air into the culture medium through the needle-shaped hole. Thereafter, a step of germinating and growing the mushroom from the upper surface of the culture medium in which the mushroom mycelium filled in the container body has spread is characterized.

In the mushroom cultivation method using the mushroom cultivation container, in steps a and b, the container body of the mushroom cultivation container is filled with a culture medium, a long hole is formed in the culture medium, The upper end opening of the main body is covered with a lid, and the peripheral edge of the lid is air-tightly joined to the upper peripheral edge of the container main body by heat sealing, or a cap provided on a mouth provided on the lid is covered. In doing so, the container body or lid of the mushroom cultivation container having a fixed shape can be easily and accurately positioned so as not to move to a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the steps a and b can be easily and accurately performed using the mushroom cultivation apparatus without error and without trouble.

In the step (c), a container body having a fixed shape whose upper end opening is covered by a lid is neatly housed in a container or the like, and is easily and easily transferred to a steam sterilizing pot or the like by using a transfer device or the like. We can carry in exactly. Then, the container main body is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the culture medium filled in the container main body can be easily and quickly sterilized at high temperature without trouble. Further, in the step d, the container body having a fixed shape accommodated in the container or the like can be easily and quickly taken out of the steam sterilizing pot or the like without using a transport device or the like without trouble. Then, the culture medium filled in the container main body can be cooled together with the container main body to a state close to room temperature.

[0014] In the step e, the container body having a fixed shape filled with the cooled culture medium can be easily and accurately positioned so as not to move to a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the cap is easily and accurately removed from the mouth of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body, and through the opening, the inoculum or the like of the mushroom cultivation device is used to inoculate the culture medium filled in the container body with the mushroom seed. It can be easily and accurately inoculated without troublesome use. Further, in the step f, the container body having a fixed shape and filled with the culture medium inoculated with the inoculum of the mushroom can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the cap can be easily and accurately covered with the cap of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body. Further, a container body having a fixed shape filled with a culture medium inoculated with the mushroom seed is stored in a container or the like, and the container body is placed in a culture room maintained under predetermined weather conditions using a transport device or the like. Easy and accurate loading without labor. Then, the mushroom mycelium can be easily and accurately spread on the culture medium filled in the container body.

[0015] In the g step, the container body having a fixed shape and filled with a culture medium in which the mycelium is spread can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined position of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the band-shaped joint portion joined by heat sealing between the upper edge portion of the container body and the peripheral portion of the lid can be easily and accurately separated from the container body without error. Then, the lid can be easily and accurately removed from the upper end opening of the container body without trouble, and the upper surface of the culture medium can be exposed at the upper end opening of the container body.

In the step h, the container body having a fixed shape with the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, a sword mountain member having needle-like projections can be easily and accurately pressed onto the upper surface of the culture substrate exposed at the upper end opening of the container body using a mushroom cultivation device without trouble. The needle-like projections allow easy and accurate drilling of needle-like holes in the culture medium filled in the container body. Then, water and air can be easily taken into the culture medium through the needle-shaped holes. Then
The side wall formed from the flexible thin sheet of the container main body positioned at a predetermined position of the mushroom cultivation apparatus is pressed by the mushroom cultivation apparatus, and the side wall of the container main body may be depressed inside the container main body. it can. Then, the side portion of the culture medium filled in the container main body is pushed by the side wall of the container main body, and the culture medium can be easily and accurately taken out from the container main body. Then, the mushrooms can be germinated and grown smoothly from around the culture medium in which the mycelia taken out of the container body are spread.

Alternatively, in the step (h), the container body having a predetermined shape with the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, a sword mountain member having needle-like projections can be easily and accurately pressed onto the culture substrate upper surface exposed at the upper end opening of the container body using a mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, a needle-like hole is formed in the culture medium filled in the container body by the needle-like projection, and water and air can be easily taken into the culture medium through the needle-like hole. Then, mushrooms can be smoothly germinated and grown from the upper surface of the culture medium in which the mushroom mycelium exposed at the upper end opening of the container body is spread.

In the container for cultivating mushrooms of the present invention, a groove-shaped rib is provided on an outer wall of the cylindrical mouth, and a space in the groove of the rib is provided in a vent hole for communicating the inside of the mouth with the outside air. It is preferable to adopt a formed structure.

In this container for cultivating mushrooms, the space inside the groove of the rib provided on the outer wall of the mouth of the lid is used as a vent, and the inside of the mouth of the lid is exposed to the outside air through the vent. Can be communicated with. Then, in step f of the method for cultivating a mushroom of the present invention, the container body is placed in a culture room maintained under predetermined weather conditions, and the cap is covered when the mycelium of the mushroom is spread on the culture medium filled in the container body. Through the mouth of the crowned lid and the above-mentioned ventilation hole, it is possible to keep supplying the outside air containing oxygen to the mushroom mycelium which spreads to the culture medium inside the container body. Then, the mushroom mycelium can be easily and accurately spread on the culture medium filled in the container body. Also, using a groove-shaped rib provided on the outer wall of the mouth of the lid, the mouth of the lid formed of a flexible thin sheet is deformed by buckling or the like, and a cap is placed on the mouth. It can be prevented that the crown cannot be covered.

In the container for cultivating mushrooms according to the present invention, it is preferable that a flange is provided to protrude outward from a peripheral edge of a lower end of the cap.

In this mushroom cultivation container, in the step b or f of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention, when the cap of the lid is covered with the cap, the cap protrudes from the lower peripheral edge of the cap. The collar can be easily and accurately gripped by the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, with the mushroom cultivation apparatus, the cap can be easily and accurately covered with the mouth of the lid.
Further, in the step e of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention, even when the cap is detached from the mouth of the lid, the flange protruding from the lower edge of the cap of the lid is easily and accurately attached to the mushroom cultivation apparatus. It can be grasped. The mushroom cultivation apparatus allows the cap to be easily and accurately detached from the mouth of the lid.

In the mushroom cultivation container of the present invention, it is preferable that the container body and the lid have a structure formed by vacuum molding using a resin sheet.

In this container for cultivating mushrooms, the container body and the peripheral wall of the lid can be formed using a flexible thin resin sheet. And in the h process of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention, when removing the culture medium from the container body,
The side wall formed of the flexible thin resin sheet of the container main body can be easily and accurately recessed inside the container main body. Then, the side portion of the culture medium filled in the container main body is pushed by the side wall of the container main body, and the culture medium can be easily and accurately taken out from the container main body. Further, since the peripheral walls of the container body and the lid are formed from a thin resin sheet, the weight of the container body and the lid can be reduced. And the handling and conveyance of the container main body and the lid can be performed smoothly and accurately using the mushroom cultivation apparatus and the conveyance device.

[0024]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1 to 4 show a preferred embodiment of the container for cultivating mushrooms of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view thereof, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which the upper end opening of the container body is covered with a lid, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lid, and FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which a cap is covered on a mouth of the lid. Hereinafter, the mushroom cultivation container will be described.

The container for mushroom cultivation shown in the figure comprises a rectangular box-shaped container body 10 having a wide open upper end, and a rectangular lid 20 covering the upper end opening 12 of the container body. The peripheral walls of the container body 10 and the lid 20 are formed from a flexible thin sheet. Specifically, the container body 10 and the lid 20 are integrally formed by vacuum forming using a resin sheet. And the weight of the container body 10 and the lid 20 and the saving of the material are achieved. Further, the side wall of the container body 10 is configured to be easily and accurately pressed to the inside of the container body 10 to be depressed.

Band-shaped joints 14a, 24a are formed on the upper peripheral edge 14 of the container body and the peripheral edge 24 of the lid to be fitted to the upper peripheral edge 14 so that they can be heat-sealed.
Then, the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container body and the peripheral portion 24 of the lid body
The belt-like joining portions 14a and 24a can be easily and accurately and air-tightly joined by heat sealing.

As shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the lid 20 has one or more (three in the figure) cylindrical openings 30 projecting therefrom. As shown in FIG. 2, the mouth 30 has an upper portion formed in a cylindrical shape, and a lower portion connected to the upper portion formed in a trumpet-like shape extending downward.

On the cylindrical upper part of the lid 30,
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 4, the cap 40 is detachably covered with a cap. The cap 40 is integrally formed using a resin sheet by vacuum forming. Cap 4
A band-shaped flange 42 is provided on the periphery of the lower end of the zero to protrude outward. Further, the mushroom cultivation device can easily and accurately grip the collar 42 protruding from the lower peripheral edge of the cap 40.

Between the cap 40 and the mouth 30 of the lid,
A ventilation hole 50 is provided to allow the inside of the mouth 30 of the lid to communicate with the outside air. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a plurality of vertically extending groove-shaped ribs 52 are arranged at a predetermined pitch around the outer wall of the mouth 30 of the cylindrical lid. Have been. An inner space of the rib 52 is formed in a ventilation hole 52 that communicates the inside of the opening 32 of the lid with the outside air. Then, the inside of the opening 30 of the lid covered with the cap 40 can be communicated with the outside air through the ventilation hole 52. At the same time, using a plurality of ribs 52 arranged side by side around the outer wall of the mouth 30 of the lid, the mouth 30 of the lid made of a flexible thin sheet is deformed by buckling or the like. In addition, it is configured such that the cap 30 cannot be covered with the mouth 30.

The container for cultivating mushrooms shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is constructed as described above.

Next, a preferred embodiment of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention, which is a mushroom cultivation method using the mushroom cultivation container, will be described. FIG. 5 to FIG. 15 are process explanatory diagrams of the mushroom cultivation method. The method for cultivating this mushroom is described below.

In this method for cultivating mushrooms, as shown in FIG. 5, a culture medium 60 for cultivating mushrooms is filled into the container body 10 of the container for mushroom cultivation shown in FIGS. ing. At that time, as shown in FIG. 5, a cylindrical guide 130 is arranged upright around the upper end opening 12 of the container body. Then, through the inside of the guide 130, the culture medium 60 for mushroom cultivation,
The container body 1 is inserted into the container body 10 through the upper end opening 12 thereof.
0 This allows smooth filling without leaking to the outside.
Next, as shown in FIG. 6, a long hole 62 for inoculating the inoculum of the mushroom in the culture medium 60 is pierced using a piercing rod 70. And the a step of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper end opening 12 of the container body filled with the culture medium 60 having the long holes 62 is covered with the lid 20 of the container for mushroom cultivation. Then, as shown in FIG.
4 is air-tightly joined to the upper end peripheral portion 14 of the container body to which it is fitted by heat sealing in a belt shape. At that time, the peripheral portion 24 of the lid and the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container body are sandwiched between a pair of heated heat blocks 80. Then, the joining portion 24a provided on the peripheral portion 24 of the lid and the joining portion 14a provided on the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container body are air-tightly joined in a belt shape by thermocompression bonding. At the same time, the cap 30 covers the mouth 30 provided on the lid 20, and the cap 40 covers the mouth 30 of the lid. And the b process of the mushroom cultivation method of this invention is performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the container main body 10 in which the upper end opening 12 is covered by the lid 20 and the opening 30 of the lid is closed by the cap 40 is put into the steam sterilizing pot 10.
0 and exposed to high-temperature steam. Then, the culture medium 60 filled in the container main body 10 is filled with about 100 to
Pasteurized at 120 ° C. And the c process of the mushroom cultivation method of this invention is performed.

Next, the high-temperature sterilized culture medium 60
Is taken out of the steam sterilization pot 100 together with the container main body 10 filled with it, and is cooled to a state close to a normal temperature. And the d process of the mushroom cultivation method of this invention is performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the upper end opening 1 of the container body filled with the cooled culture medium 60 is formed.
The cap 40 is detached from the opening 30 of the lid covering the cover 2. Then, through the mouth 30 of the lid, the container body 10
Is inoculated with a mushroom seed 90. And the e process of the mushroom cultivation method of this invention is performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, a cap 40 is put on the mouth 30 of the lid covering the upper end opening 12 of the container body filled with the culture medium 60 inoculated with the above-described mushroom seed, The mouth 30 of the lid is closed by a cap 40. Then, the container body 10 filled with the culture medium 60 inoculated with the mushroom inoculum 90 whose top opening 12 is covered with the lid 20 and the mouth 30 of the lid is closed with the cap 40 is cooled to a temperature of It is placed in a culture room (not shown) maintained at a predetermined weather condition of 16 to 20 ° C. and a humidity of about 70% for a predetermined period. Then, through the air hole 50 provided between the lid mouth 30 and the cap 40 and the lid mouth 30, while exchanging air between the inside of the container body 10 and the outside air, the container body 10 The mushroom mycelium spreads on the culture medium 60 filled in the medium. And the f process of the mushroom cultivation method of this invention is performed.

Next, as shown by a dashed line in FIG. 12, heat sealing is performed between the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container body and the peripheral portion 24 of the lid filled with the culture medium 60 in which the mushroom mycelium has spread. A band-like joint 14a joined,
24a is separated from the container body 10 using a cutter or the like. Then, the lid 2 is moved from the upper end opening 12 of the container body.
0 is removed to expose the upper surface of the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10 to the upper end opening 12 of the container body. And the g process of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is performed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13, the lid 20 is removed, and a sword mountain member 104 having a large number of needle-like projections 102 is pressed against the upper surface of the culture medium 60 exposed at the upper end opening 12 of the container body. I have. And the sword mountain member 104
A large number of needle-like holes 64 are formed in the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10 by the needle-like projections 102. Then, water and air are easily taken into the culture medium 60 through the needle-shaped holes 64. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 14, the culture medium 60 having the needle-shaped holes 64 is removed from the container body 10. At this time, the side wall formed of the flexible thin resin sheet of the container body 10 is
0 Depressed by pushing inward. And the container body 1
The side of the culture medium 60 filled in the container main body 10 is pushed by the side wall depressed inside 0, and the culture medium 60 is taken out of the container main body 10. Mushrooms 120 such as shiitake mushrooms are germinated and grown around the culture medium 60 in which the mushroom mycelium is spread. And the h process of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is performed.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 13, needle-like projections are formed on the upper surface of the culture medium 60 in which the lid 20 is removed to expose the upper end opening 12 of the container body, instead of the above-described step h of the mushroom cultivation method. A sword mountain member 104 having many 102 is pressed. The needle-shaped projections 102 of the sword mountain member 104 allow the needle-shaped holes 6 to be formed in the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10.
He wears many 4. Then, water and air are easily introduced into the culture medium 60 through the needle-shaped holes 64.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 15, from the upper surface of the culture medium 60 in which the mycelium of the mushroom exposed at the upper end opening 12 of the container body 10 was spread, the nameko, hiratake, hatake shimeji,
The mushrooms 120 such as maitake are germinated and grown. And the h process of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is performed.

The mushroom cultivation method shown in FIGS. 5 to 15 comprises the above steps. In this mushroom cultivation method, the culture medium 60 is filled in the container body 10 of the mushroom cultivation container in the steps a and b. Or a long hole 62 is formed in the culture medium 60, the upper end opening 12 of the container body is covered with the lid 20, and the peripheral portion 24 of the lid is air-sealed to the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container body by heat sealing. When the cap 30 is covered with the cap 30 on the mouth 30 of the lid, the container body 10 or the lid 20 of the mushroom cultivation container having a predetermined shape is fixed to a predetermined position of a mushroom cultivation apparatus (not shown). Positioning can be performed easily and accurately so as not to move to the site. Then, the steps a and b can be performed easily and accurately without error using a mushroom cultivation apparatus without trouble.

Further, in the step c, the container body 10 having a fixed shape whose upper end opening 12 is covered by the lid 20 is neatly housed in a container (not shown), and is conveyed to the steam sterilizing pot 100. It can be easily and accurately carried in using equipment (not shown). Then, the container main body 10 is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the culture medium 60 filled in the container main body 10 can be easily and accurately sterilized at high temperature without trouble.
Further, in the step d, the container body 10 having a fixed shape and housed in the container can be easily and accurately taken out of the steam sterilization pot 100 using a transfer device without trouble. Then, the culture medium 60 filled in the container main body 10 can be cooled together with the container main body 10 to a state close to room temperature.

In the step e, the container body 1 having a fixed shape and filled with the cooled culture medium 60 is provided.
0 can be easily and accurately positioned so as not to move to a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the cap 40 is easily and accurately detached from the mouth 30 of the lid that covers the upper end opening 12 of the container body, and the inoculum of the mushroom is added to the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10 through the mouth 30 of the lid. Using a mushroom cultivation device, inoculation can be performed easily and accurately without trouble. Further, in the step f, the container body 10 having a fixed shape filled with the culture medium 60 inoculated with the mushroom seed can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined position of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the cap 40 can be easily and accurately covered with the opening 30 of the lid that covers the upper end opening 12 of the container body. Further, a container body 10 having a fixed shape filled with a culture medium 60 inoculated with the mushroom inoculum is housed in a container, and the container body 10 is placed in a culture room maintained under a predetermined weather condition by using a transport device. It can be carried in easily and accurately without labor. And the container body 1
The mushroom mycelium can be easily and accurately spread on the culture medium 60 filled with zero.

Further, in the g step, the container body 10 having a fixed shape and filled with the culture medium 60 in which the mycelium is spread can be easily and accurately positioned at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the band-shaped joining portions 14a, 24a joined by heat sealing between the upper peripheral portion 14 of the container main body and the peripheral portion 24 of the lid are connected to the container main body 10.
Can be easily and accurately separated without error. Then, the lid 20 can be easily and accurately removed from the upper end opening 12 of the container body without trouble.

In the step h, the cover body 20 is removed, and the container body 10 having a fixed shape with the upper surface of the culture medium 60 exposed at the upper end opening 12 is easily and accurately placed at a predetermined position of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Can be positioned. Then, the sword mountain member 104 having a large number of needle-like projections 102 can be easily and accurately pressed onto the upper surface of the culture medium 60 exposed at the upper end opening 12 of the container body using a mushroom cultivation apparatus without trouble. The needle-like projections 102 of the sword member 104 allow easy and accurate drilling of a large number of needle-like holes 64 in the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10. Then, water and air can be easily taken into the culture medium 60 through the needle-shaped holes 64. Thereafter, the side wall formed of the flexible thin resin sheet of the container body 10 positioned at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus can be pressed inward by the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Then, the side portion of the culture medium 60 filled in the container main body 10 is pushed inward by the side wall of the container main body 10, and the culture medium 60 can be easily and accurately taken out from the container main body 10. Then, mushrooms 120 such as shiitake mushrooms 120 can be smoothly germinated and grown around the culture medium 60 in which the mycelia taken out of the container body 10 are spread.

Alternatively, in the step h, the cover body 20 is removed, and the container body 10 having a fixed shape with the upper surface of the culture medium 60 exposed at the upper end opening 12 is easily and accurately placed at a predetermined portion of the mushroom cultivation apparatus. Can be positioned. Then, a sword mountain member 104 having a large number of needle-like projections 102 can be easily and accurately pressed onto the upper surface of the culture medium 60 exposed at the upper end opening 12 of the container body using a mushroom cultivation apparatus. The needle-shaped projections 102 of the sword mountain member 104 allow the needle-shaped holes 6 to be formed in the culture medium 60 filled in the container body 10.
A large number of holes 4 can be drilled to facilitate the intake of water and air into the culture medium 60 through the needle-shaped holes 64. Thereafter, mushrooms 120 such as nameko, hiratake, bamboo shimeji, maitake and the like can be smoothly germinated and grown from the upper surface of the culture medium 60 in which the mycelium exposed to the upper end opening 12 of the container body is spread.

[0047]

As described above, using the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention, the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention is used mainly for shiitake mushrooms, and other mushrooms such as nameko, hiratake, hatake shimeji and maitake mushrooms. Cultivation of mushrooms facilitates and accurately mechanizes and automates the cultivation work of the mushroom. Then, mushroom cultivation such as other nameko, hiratake, hatake mushroom, maitake mushroom and the like can be easily and accurately mass-produced without labor in a mushroom cultivation facility similar to a factory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a mushroom cultivation container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the mushroom cultivation container of the present invention in a state where the upper end opening of the container body is covered with a lid.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a lid of the container for mushroom cultivation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the mushroom cultivation container of the present invention in a state in which the mouth of a lid is covered with a cap.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a process of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a process explanatory diagram of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a process explanatory view of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a process explanatory diagram of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the steps of the mushroom cultivation method of the present invention.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Container main body 12 Upper end opening part of container main body 14 Upper end peripheral part 14a, 24a Band-shaped joining part 20 Lid 24 Peripheral part of lid 30 Lid opening 40 Cap 42 Cap flange 50 Vent hole 52 Rib 60 Culture medium 62 long hole 64 needle-shaped hole provided in culture medium 70 piercing rod 100 steam sterilization pot 102 needle-shaped projection 104 sword mountain member 120 mushroom

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped container body having a wide open upper end,
A mushroom cultivation container comprising a lid covering an upper end opening of the container main body, wherein the container main body and a peripheral wall of the lid are formed of a flexible thin sheet, and an upper peripheral edge of the container main body. At the periphery of the lid to be fitted therewith, there is provided a band-shaped joining portion that allows both to be heat-sealed, and the lid is provided with one or a plurality of tubular openings, and A container for mushroom cultivation, characterized in that a cap for covering the mouth is detachably covered on the mouth, and a vent hole is provided between the cap and the mouth for communicating the inside of the mouth to the outside air. 2. The groove according to claim 1, wherein a groove-like rib is provided on an outer wall of the cylindrical mouth, and a space in the groove of the rib is formed as a vent hole that communicates the inside of the mouth with the outside air. Container for mushroom cultivation. 3. The container for cultivating mushrooms according to claim 1, wherein a flange is projected outward from a lower peripheral portion of the cap. 4. The container for cultivating mushrooms according to claim 1, wherein the container body and the lid are formed by vacuum molding using a resin sheet. 5. A method for cultivating mushrooms, comprising the following steps. a. 5. A step of filling the container body of the container for mushroom cultivation according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 with a culture medium for mushroom cultivation from an upper end opening thereof, and drilling a long hole for inoculating the culture medium with the seed fungus. b. The upper end opening of the container body filled with the culture medium having the long hole is covered with the lid of the mushroom cultivation container, and the peripheral edge of the lid is attached to the upper peripheral edge of the container body fitted with the lid. A step of airtightly joining by heat sealing, covering a mouth provided on the lid with a cap, and closing the mouth of the lid with the cap. c. A step of exposing the container body, the upper end opening of which is covered with a lid and the mouth of the lid is closed with a cap, to high-temperature steam, and pasteurizing the culture medium filled in the container body. d. A step of cooling the high-temperature sterilized culture medium together with the container body filled with the medium to a state close to room temperature. e. Removing the cap from the mouth of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body filled with the cooled culture medium, and inoculating the culture medium filled in the container body with mushroom seeds through the opening. f. A cap is placed over the mouth of the lid covering the upper end opening of the container body filled with the culture medium inoculated with the mushroom inoculum, and after closing the opening with the cap, the upper end opening is covered with the lid. The container body filled with the culture medium with the mouth of the lid closed by the cap is placed in a culture room kept under a predetermined weather condition, and a vent provided between the mouth of the lid and the cap and A step of spreading mushroom hyphae into a culture medium filled in the container body while exchanging air between the inside of the container body and the outside air through the mouth of the lid. g. The belt-shaped joint portion joined by heat sealing between the peripheral edge of the upper end of the container body and the peripheral edge of the lid body filled with the culture medium in which the mushroom mycelium was spread was cut off from the container main body, and the upper end opening of the container main body was cut off. Removing the lid from the substrate to expose the upper surface of the culture medium to the upper end opening of the container body. h. By removing the lid and pressing a sword mountain member having needle-like projections on the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening of the container body, the sword mountain member punches a needle-shaped hole in the culture medium filled in the container body. After facilitating the introduction of water and air into the culture medium through the needle-shaped holes, the culture medium with the needle-shaped holes is taken out of the container body, and the mushrooms are germinated and grown from around the culture medium in which the mycelium spreads. Process. 6. In place of the step h, a sword member having needle-like projections is pressed against the upper surface of the culture medium exposed at the upper end opening of the container body, and the container body is filled with the needle-like projections of the sword member. A needle-shaped hole is drilled in the culture medium, and water and air are easily introduced into the culture medium through the needle-shaped hole, and then the mushroom is exposed from the upper surface of the culture medium where mushroom mycelium is exposed at the upper end opening of the container body. The method for cultivating a mushroom according to claim 5, comprising a step of germinating and growing.