National Mushroom Day Timeline

​1707

​The cultivation of mushrooms

​Edible fungi was successfully cultivated in a controlled environment of a vegetable garden

​1950

​Nurseries for mushrooms were built

​The first above-ground mushroom nursery was built — complete with many cultivation areas.

​1955

​The cultivation process turned to wood

​Concrete trays for mushroom cultivation transitioned into wooden boxes in trays.

1975

​Metal was used for cultivation

​Metal trays became the preferred material to cultivate mushrooms.