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The physiological maturity and growth period of edible mushrooms are conventionally measured and described qualitatively. To find a quantifiable measurement for them, a nutrition unit was firstly defined to be the daily growth of mycelia in length. Secondly, based on the nutrition unit, a theoretical model for the fungal development was established. Thirdly, using a dominant nutrition unit that governed the degree of maturity of a mushroom, a mathematic model was constructed. Finally, 2 strains of mushrooms, Pleurotus cornucopiae and Pleurotus citrinipileatus, were subjected to a planting experiment to evaluate the parameters in the prediction model. The experimental data on the cultivation successfully fitted the function as it predicted. It was, Pleurotus cornucopiae, and Pleurotus citrinipileatus, thus, concluded that a quantified protocol to describe and predict the physiological maturity and for the determination of cultivation duration of a mushroom was established, f(x, L)=.
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