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List of Some Mushrooms Cultivated on Commercial Scale -

Mushrooms Substrate Temperature for fruiting body formation Country/Region
Agaricus bisporus (button or common edible mushroom) Compost (horse manure, rice straw) 10 - 20°C Europe, U.S.A
Auricularia spp. Saw dust, rice bran 20 - 30°C  
Coprinus sp Straw 20 - 40°C  
Lentinus edodes (Shii-take) Logs, saw dust, rice bran 12 - 20°C Japan, China
Pleurotus ostreatus Straw, paper, saw dust 10 - 20°C  
Volvariella volvaceae (Chinese or straw mushroom) Straw, cotton 30 - 35°C India, China, South-East Asia