– Mushroom are picked or harvested just before the cap expands and gills are exposed.

– Opened mushrooms are inferior and have shorter shelf life so Closed mushrooms are always preferred.

– The mushrooms are picked by holding the caps in the finger tips, slightly pressed against the soil and gently twisting and pulling simultaneously till they loosen from the soil and mycelial thread binding it to the soil are snapped.

– Another practice is to chopped off the stem as close to the soil surface as possible.

– After the mushroom or clump of mushroom has been picked the remaining fleshy tissue of the stalk should be carefully removed from the soil and these holes should be ploughed with fresh sterilized casing soil.