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Psilocybe mushroom belonging to genus of Hymenogastraceae family found all over the world is a gilled mushroom. Psilocybin, psilocin, and baeocystin are hallucinogenic chemicals found in all species. It is also called shrooms and magic mushroom because of hallugenatic effect. The genus Psilocybe has hundreds of species. It can be produced from small scale in Laboratory and large scale in both indoor and outdoor production. Psilocybe mushrooms are widely used for medicinal purposes and for food. They are consumed both fresh and dried material. In this chapter, we explain the mass production, marketing, and cost analysis for the production of psilocybe mushroom. They are produced from spore printing and the spores are transferred into both liquid and agar medium. The fruiting substrate in outdoor production is developed from primary and secondary spawn. In indoor production, the beds are grown under artificial temperature and balanced pH. Also, we discussed about marketing and compared recurring expenditure and non-recurring expenditure of all scale production.
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The author thanks Antony Samy S., Manager, Palani Hills Conservation Council, Kodaikkanal, for providing support for Psilocybe mushroom collection. DST-FIST (Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi) gladly accepts the instrumentation facility (DST Sanction Order No.: SR/FIST/LSI-013/2012/Dt.13.08.2012). We gratefully acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for providing funding for the research facility through the DST-Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) scheme - Phase II, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)-2.O Biological Sciences (TN RUSA: 311/RUSA (2.0)/2018 dt. December 2, 2020).
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Nallaiyan, B., Rajendran, P.J., Dharumadurai, D. (2023). Mass Multiplication, Production Cost Analysis, and Marketing of Psilocybe Mushroom. In: Amaresan, N., Dharumadurai, D., Babalola, O.O. (eds) Food Microbiology Based Entrepreneurship. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5041-4_4
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