JPH09205932A - Culture container for fungus and insect breeding method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably pile up culture containers, to reduce a space and to simplify a structure. SOLUTION: This container is composed of a main body 3 of culture container, lid body 4 attachably and detachably fitted to an upper end opening 2 of the main body 3, cap 6 having vent holes 19 provided so as to be freely opened/closed at a ventilation hole 5 formed at the central part of upper face 4A of the lid body 4, and filter 7 for bacterial infiltration prevention fitted at the ventilation hole 5 while being positioned inside the cap 6. A projecting part 10 for mounting and positioning for the lid body 4 is formed on a bottom part 3A of the main body 3 and the projecting part 10 is locked with a supporting projection 14 on the lid body 4 so as to prevent lateral deviation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a container for cultivating mushroom fungi such as shiitake mushrooms, shimeji mushrooms, and hiratake mushrooms, and a method for rearing insects such as stag beetles that eat mushroom fungi using the containers. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a culture container for this kind of mushroom fungus, a container body having an upper opening and a lid body provided with the upper opening of the body so as to be openable and closable are provided, and a ventilation opening is provided on a side wall of the lid body. In addition to the above, a filter equipped with a filter for preventing invasion of various bacteria at the opening via a porous plate is used.

Mushroom fungi such as shiitake mushrooms absorb oxygen in the atmosphere and emit carbon dioxide to reproduce. Therefore,
It is necessary to keep the container in a state where it can be reliably ventilated. Further, since the containers are used by being stacked in a plurality of upper and lower stages due to the location, the ventilation opening must be provided on the side wall of the lid. Further, breeding of insects such as stag beetle is carried out in a dedicated container or a basket.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, when the culture vessels are stacked, there is a problem that the culture vessels placed on the upper side are unstable and easily fall down, and the side wall of the lid body has a drawback. The ventilation openings to be provided must be provided at 2 to 4 places in order to secure the required ventilation area, and there is a problem that the structure is complicated and expensive.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to stably stack culture vessels vertically to save space.
Moreover, the present invention provides a culture container for mushroom fungi, which has a simple structure and can be obtained at low cost, and is suitable for breeding insects that grow by eating mushroom fungus such as stag beetle and an insect rearing method using the container.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the following technical measures have been taken in order to achieve the above object. That is, the culture container for mushroom fungus according to the present invention is a culture container for a mushroom fungus, which comprises a culture container main body and a lid body detachably provided at an upper end opening of the main body, and is provided on the upper surface of the lid body. It is characterized in that it is provided with a vent hole, and the bottom portion of another culture container body can be positioned and placed on the lid so as not to obstruct the ventilation. Therefore, the bottom of the main body of another container is stably placed on the lid, and there is no risk that the upper culture container will be displaced and fall. Then, the inside of the culture container and the outside air are surely vented from the ventilation port directly or through a filter or the like.

Further, the mushroom fungus culture container according to the present invention is detachably equipped with a cap having a plurality of vent holes and a filter for preventing invasion of various bacteria in the vent hole of the lid. Since various features do not enter through the vent holes, the filter can be easily replaced, and insects can be taken in and out through the vent holes by attaching and detaching the cap.

Further, the mushroom fungus culture container according to the present invention is provided with a concave portion or a convex portion for positioning to be placed on the lid body at the bottom of the container body, so that another container is placed on the lid body. When the main bodies are stacked, the concave portion or the convex portion of the bottom portion is positioned and locked on the inner periphery or outer periphery of the upper end portion of the lid body. Therefore, the culture container on the upper side is stable without being displaced from the culture container on the lower side.

Further, since the mushroom fungus culture container according to the present invention is provided with one or a plurality of liquid discharge holes at the bottom of the container body, excess water and liquid collected at the bottom of the container body naturally. It is discharged to the outside of the container body. Further, in the culture container according to the present invention, the lid is provided with a discharge path for fluid on the lid, such as a fluid dropped on the lid. The liquid dropped onto the lid does not collect on the lid and flows down appropriately, and since carbon dioxide exhausted from the vent has a higher specific gravity than air, it is smoothly exhausted to the outside through the exhaust passage. There is fresh air around.

Then, the insect rearing method according to the present invention is a stage in which a culture substrate for mushroom fungi and mushroom fungi such as shiitake mushrooms are placed in a culture container for mushroom fungi, and a required amount of mushroom fungus is cultured in the container. Insects such as stag beetles that grow by eating mushroom fungi are placed in the container, and the insects are allowed to eat the cultured mushroom fungi. In this case, when the cultivation of mushroom fungus progresses to reach a predetermined amount, the cap is immediately removed, insects such as stag beetle are put on the culture substrate of the container body through the opening of the lid, and the cap is attached together with the filter to the vent hole. Attach to. Insects placed in the culture vessel eat the grown mushroom fungi and grow, and breathe through the vent holes. It should be noted that bacteria in the air are blocked by the filter and do not enter the culture container, so that the mushroom fungus is not killed, and the fungus is secured enough to be eaten by the insect, thereby promoting the growth of the insect. be able to.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of a culture vessel 1 for mushroom fungi according to the present invention. This culture container 1 comprises a synthetic resin large-diameter bottle-shaped container body 3 having an opening 2 at an upper end, a removable synthetic resin lid body 4 attached to the opening 2 of the body 3, and the lid body. 4, a synthetic resin cap 6 for opening and closing a vent hole 5 provided in the central portion of the upper surface and a filter 7 for preventing invasion of various bacteria.

The container body 3 is a neck 8 having a cylindrical shape with a bottom and a reduced diameter at the upper end and having an opening 2. The outer peripheral surface of the neck 8 has a trapezoidal male screw as shown in FIG. 9 is provided and is integrally formed by a blow molding method.
Further, the bottom portion 3A of the container body 3 is provided with an annular mounting positioning convex portion 10 projecting downward on the outer peripheral portion thereof, and a portion supported by the lid 4 on the inner peripheral side of the convex portion 10. Carbon dioxide discharged from unnecessary water and mushroom fungus leached from the culture substrate 12 in the container body 3 is provided with a plurality (or one) of fluid discharge holes 11 for water or the like located slightly inward. A fluid such as gas (carbon dioxide) can be discharged to the outside of the container body 3.

The fluid discharge hole 11 is formed in the convex portion 1
It can be provided at the lower end of 0 (as shown by the dotted line 11 in FIG. 1). Further, the bottom portion 3A of the container body 3 has an upward protruding shape, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, so that water or liquid can easily collect in the inner concave portion 3B of the convex portion 10. The lid 4 has a vent hole 5 at the center of the upper surface 4A of the bottle lid.
The cylindrical mouth portion 13 that forms the above is provided in a projecting upward shape, and the support projection 14 of the container body 3 is provided in an upward projecting manner on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface, and is integrally molded by an injection molding method. ing. As shown in FIG. 3, a round screw 15 having a semicircular cross section is provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 4B of the lid body 4, and a male screw 9 provided on the neck portion 8 of the container body 3 is provided.
To be screwed into.

Further, on the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the mouth portion 13, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a triple thread screw 16 having a saw-toothed cross section is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the support protrusions 14 provided on the upper surface 4A of the lid 4 are arcuate in plan view, and four of them are provided at equal intervals with a groove-shaped liquid discharge passage 17 interposed therebetween. And the upper surface 14A of each of the protrusions and the bottom 3A of the upper container body.
It is designed to support the lower surface.

The upper surface 4A of the lid 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is an inclined surface which is lowered by a predetermined angle θ (for example, 2 degrees) toward the outer peripheral side, and the liquid dripped on the upper surface 4A flows down from the discharge passage 17. The fluid discharge hole 11 of the container body 3 is provided at a position where the liquid drops onto the upper surface 4A of the lid 4 without hitting the cap 6.

The height from the upper surface 4A of the support projection 14 is the bottom 3 of the container body 3 placed on the projection 14.
A required dimension (for example, about 10 mm) is made higher than the upper end of the mouth portion 13 so that a sufficient ventilation space can be secured between the lower surface of A and the upper surface of the cap 6. The cap 6 is
It is made of synthetic resin, and the inner surface of the peripheral wall thereof is provided with a three-threaded internal thread 18 having a saw-toothed cross-section that is screwed into the external thread 16 of the mouth portion 13. A plurality of large and small ventilation holes 19 and 20 are provided, and the outer periphery is projected in a brim shape and knurled 21 is applied to the cap 6
The attachment / detachment (rotation) operation of is easily performed.
Instead of the knurling 21 of the cap 6,
The outer peripheral flange may be polygonal or the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral flange may be uneven.

The filter 7 is a disc-shaped material such as a non-woven fabric which can prevent invasion of various fungi,
The cap 6 is fitted on the inner surface of the top plate 6A, and can be replaced if necessary. Further, by using a triple thread screw for the cap 6, the cap 6 can be attached / detached to / from the mouth portion 13 with one touch, efficiently and in a short time, and the vent hole 5 of the lid 4 is opened. The time is kept as short as possible to prevent the invasion of various fungi.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the culture container 1 of the present invention, which is different from the first embodiment in that the diameter of the container body 1 is small and the lid 4 has the same shape and shape. It is a common item. That is, the outer diameter of the container body 3 is the lid 4
It has substantially the same size as the outer diameter of (the lid of the first embodiment). The placement positioning protrusion 10 provided on the bottom portion 3A of the container body 3 is provided so as to be located on the inner peripheral side of the support protrusion 14 of the lid 4, and the protrusion 10 has a fluid discharge hole. 11 is provided.

Therefore, in both the first and second embodiments, regardless of the diameter of the container body 3, another container body 3 can be placed on the lid body 4, and the convex portion 10 supports the lid body 4. Projection 1
The culture container 1 locked by 4 and positioned and restrained and stacked on the upper side does not laterally shift or slide off from the culture container 1 on the lower side, and the stacked state can be stably maintained.

According to the first and second embodiments of the culture container 1 described above, a required amount of the culture substrate 12 is placed in the container body 3 and the temperature is adjusted to a temperature suitable for culturing mushroom fungi and mushroom fungi (for example, , Shiitake mushrooms, shimeji mushrooms, hiratake mushrooms, etc.), and then the lid 4 is fitted to the neck 8 of the container body 3. At this time, the cap 6 together with the filter 7 is the mouth portion 1 of the lid 4.
3 and then close the vent 5 to close the vent 1 of the cap 6.
The air is allowed to flow from 9, 20 through the filter 7.

Part of the carbon dioxide gas discharged by the reproduction and culture of the mushroom fungus is released into the atmosphere through the ventilation holes 19 and 20, and the other part is liquefied and the fluid discharge hole 11 together with water.
Flows out of the vessel. When the cultivation of the mushroom fungus is completed in this way, the lid 4 is removed and the mushroom fungus in the container body 3 is taken out of the container together with the culture equipment 12. When the function of the filter 7 deteriorates, the cap 6 is taken out of the lid 4, the filter 7 is cleaned or replaced with a new one, and then the cap 6 is screwed into the mouth 13 of the lid 4 again.

When the culture vessels 1 are stacked in a plurality of upper and lower stages, the lid 4 is irrespective of the large or small diameter of the vessel body 3.
Of the culture container 1 on the upper stage side relative to the culture container 1 on the upper stage side by positioning the lid 4 on the support protrusion 14 of the container body 3 and the positioning protrusion 10 of the container body bottom 3A. Is stably supported. The method of breeding insects (eg, stag beetle, beetle, etc.) that grows by eating mushroom fungi according to the present invention is a method in which the mushrooms in the culture container 1 are cultivated in the culture container 1 at a stage when the culture of the mushroom fungi reaches the required amount. Without taking out the bacteria, the cap 6 is removed to quickly insert one or more insects into the container body 3 from the vent hole 5 and, at the same time, the cap 6 is quickly screwed into the mouth part 13 to make the vent hole 5
Close. Then, a large amount of the cultivated mushroom fungus in the culture container 1 is directly fed to the insect to grow the insect.

After cultivating the mushroom fungus in the culture container 1 in this manner, and then raising the insects in the culture container 1, the labor of inserting the mushroom fungus into the insect incubator as in the conventional case is reduced. It is possible to prevent the killing of mushroom fungi by various bacteria, feed insects without waste, and raise the insects efficiently. When the insects are bred in the culture container 1, air is circulated from the vents 19 and 20 of the cap 6 through the filter 7 so that the insects do not die and the insects grow rapidly. It is possible to grow big.

When the rearing of the insects is completed, the lid 4
After removing the insects and the culture substrate 12, the container body 3, the lid 4 and the cap 6 are washed and sterilized, a new filter 7 is attached, and a new culture substrate 12 is again attached. Can be cultivated, and the insects can be bred repeatedly.

The mushroom fungus culture container according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the cross-sectional shape of the container body 3 is a square / pentagon or polygon, an ellipse / oval, etc. It is possible to use a recess instead of the placement positioning protrusion on the bottom of the container body, and a structure in which the support protrusion of the lid fits into the recess.

[0026]

As described above, the mushroom fungus culture container according to the present invention is a mushroom fungus culture container comprising a culture container main body and a lid detachably provided at an upper end opening of the main body. Therefore, the structure of the lid body is characterized in that the upper surface of the lid body is provided with a vent hole, and the bottom portion of the container body can be positioned and placed on the lid body so as not to obstruct ventilation. Can be obtained easily and inexpensively, it is possible to stably stack the containers to save space, and since the upper side culture container is positioned in the lower side culture container,
Can be stably stored even if the number of stacking stages is increased.

Further, according to the present invention, a cap having a plurality of vent holes and a filter for preventing invasion of various bacteria is detachably attached to the vent hole of the lid body. In addition, the structure for ventilating and preventing invasion of germs is extremely simple, the manufacturing is simple, the cap can be easily attached and detached, and the filter can be easily replaced, so that the cost can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, since the concave portion or the convex portion for mounting and positioning on the lid is provided at the bottom of the container body, the positioning structure is simple. Moreover, the positioning can be ensured, and the lateral displacement of the upper culture container can be prevented. Further, according to the present invention, one or a plurality of fluid discharge holes are provided in the bottom of the container body, so that water and liquid do not collect in the container body and culture conditions are maintained. Therefore, efficient culture can be performed.

Further, according to the present invention, since the lid is provided with a discharge passage for the liquid dropped thereon, when the culture vessels are stacked, the lid is closed. Even if water or liquid drops on top, it does not flow down and collect. Then, according to the insect rearing method of the present invention, in a culture container for mushroom fungi, a mushroom base such as a culture substrate and shiitake mushroom is placed, and at a stage where the required amount of mushroom fungus is cultured in the container, Since insects such as stag beetle that grow by eating mushroom fungus are placed in the container and the insect is allowed to eat the cultured mushroom fungus, the mushroom fungus is put in the insect breeding container as in the conventional case. It is possible to prevent the mushroom fungus from being killed by miscellaneous bacteria, to effectively feed the insects on the fungi, and to promote the rapid growth of the insects, thus shortening the breeding period. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a culture container for mushroom fungi according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where a cap of FIG. 1 is removed.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the cap in the same embodiment.

6 is a partially cutaway front view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway front view showing a second embodiment of a culture container for mushroom fungi according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Mushroom Bacteria Culture Container 2 Top Opening 3 Container Body 3A Bottom 4 Lid 4A Top 5 Air Vent 6 Cap 7 Miscellaneous Bacterial Invasion Prevention Filter 10 Placement Positioning Convex 11 Fluid Discharge Hole 12 Culture Substrate 17 Liquid Discharge Path 19 Vent 20 Vent

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A culture container for a mushroom fungus, comprising a culture container body and a lid detachably provided at an upper end opening of the body, wherein the lid has an air vent on an upper surface thereof. A culture container for mushroom fungi, characterized in that the bottom of another culture container main body can be positioned and placed thereon so as not to obstruct aeration. 2. A cap having a plurality of vent holes and a filter for preventing invasion of various bacteria at the vent hole of the lid,
The culture container for mushroom fungus according to claim 1, which is detachably attached. 3. The culture container for mushroom fungus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom of the container body is provided with a concave portion or a convex portion for mounting and positioning on the lid. 4. The one or more liquid discharge holes are provided at the bottom of the container body.
Or a culture container for mushroom fungus according to 3. 5. The culture container for mushroom fungus according to claim 1, wherein the lid is provided with a discharge passage for fluid on the lid. 6. A culture substrate for mushroom fungi according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a culture substrate and mushroom fungi such as shiitake mushrooms are placed, and a required amount of the mushroom fungus is cultured in the container. An insect rearing method, characterized in that, at the stage, the insects such as stag beetles that grow by eating mushroom fungi are placed in the container and the insects eat the cultured mushroom fungus.