The present disclosure relates generally to a container tray for harvesting commercially cultivated button-type mushrooms. The present disclosure discusses a mushroom harvesting container tray that cannot only be used for temporarily storing the harvested (picked) mushrooms during the harvesting (picking) process, but the tray can also effectively store and retain the untrimmed mushrooms in place during trimming such that the mushroom stems may be trimmed while being housed in the tray, thereby substantially increasing the efficiency of harvesting mushrooms. For example, the tray holds the mushroom steady while a blade or other cutting mechanism simultaneously trims a plurality of mushroom stems. The present disclosure also relates to a sorting device that determines whether the mushrooms are acceptable and removes the acceptable mushrooms from the tray after the stems have been cut and simultaneously sorts the acceptable mushrooms according to their respective size, shape, color, weight and/or other feature.
B65D 21/02 - Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
B65D 71/70 - Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
B65D 1/36 - Trays or like shallow containers with moulded compartments or partitions
A23N 15/04 - Devices for topping fruit or vegetables
B65D 85/50 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
This invention relates to a novel class of hybrid cultures of the edible, cultivated mushroom fungus Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach var. bisporus, and methods of producing and using the said hybrid culture. Specifically, to newly developed cultures of white hybrid mushrooms produced by successively crossing progeny of wild strain AA-0096 to progeny of commercial white mushrooms. Particularly, to homokaryons from a newly developed intermediate hybrid designated 472x65 and to cultures that are descended, or otherwise derived therefrom, crossed to homokaryons from commercial white mushroom strains. The methods of this invention produce white hybrid mushrooms with superior commercial characteristics relative to other commercial white mushrooms. Specifically, this invention advantageously provides white hybrid mushrooms, designated 9027, that have one or more of the commercially beneficial characteristics such as higher percent solids of mushroom, more rounded cap, longer shelf life, denser cap, better genetic disease barrier, other aesthetic qualities and the like.
A method for extending freshness of Agaricus bisporus mushrooms is described. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a modified atmosphere in contact with Agaricus bisporus mushrooms. The modified atmosphere includes from 14% to 18% by volume of oxygen and from 5% to 9% by volume of carbon dioxide.
A23L 3/3409 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor
A23L 3/3418 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by treatment with chemicals in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O
Hybrid Agaricus bisporus mushrooms strains having one or more genetic characteristics of a wild mushroom strain deposited under ATCC accession No. PTA-6903 or a progeny thereof and having specificed physical and genetic characteristics are disclosed along with methods of producing brown mushrooms for commercial use.
