What are the control methods for mushroom pink mold disease?
Pink mold disease is caused by infection with Trichothecium roseum and spreads through casing soil, airflow and water. It occurs severely under conditions where the growing substrate is too wet. Its symptoms are white cottony mycelium on the cap at first, later becoming a pink powdery mold; when the disease is severe, the pink mold layer is very thick, the stipe and gills both show pink, and the fruiting body becomes stiff and dried out. Control measures: strengthen ventilation and air exchange, and manage the water content of the casing soil and growing substrate well. In affected areas, spray a 1:500 carbendazim aqueous solution and a 1:800 thiophanate aqueous solution.
Pink mold disease is caused by infection with Trichothecium roseum and spreads through casing soil, airflow and water. It occurs severely under conditions where the growing substrate is too wet. Its symptoms are white cottony mycelium on the cap at first, later becoming a pink powdery mold; when the disease is severe, the pink mold layer is very thick, the stipe and gills both show pink, and the fruiting body becomes stiff and dried out.
Control measures: strengthen ventilation and air exchange, and manage the water content of the casing soil and growing substrate well. In affected areas, spray a 1:500 carbendazim aqueous solution and a 1:800 thiophanate aqueous solution.