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Milky mushroom (Calocybe indica) dried, tropical cultivar
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Milky mushroom (Calocybe indica) dried, tropical cultivar

A robust, heat-tolerant Indian native mushroom prized for its thick white flesh and long shelf life once dried — commercially significant in Tamil Nadu's tropical mushroom-farming belt.

OriginTamil Nadu, India — well supported; Calocybe indica is specifically a warm/tropical-climate mushroom bred and popularised in South India
Indian subcontinentYes
CategoryFungi & Functional Mycology
Retail price bandRetail fresh milky mushroom: roughly ₹250/kg (Chennai/Hyderabad IndiaMART listings); dried format commands a premium per equivalent fresh weight due to ~1:10 drying ratio
Bulk / trade price bandBulk/spawn-linked trade: milky mushroom spawn listed around ₹120/kg on IndiaMART; fresh bulk trade generally ₹200–260/kg depending on region and season
Sourcing statusDossier researched from public sources — producer contact not yet established
Compliance statusPreliminary review complete (see below) — not yet legally verified
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Dossier researched, photography pending. The sections below are drawn from the cited public sources. This is desk research, not yet verified by direct producer contact or legal counsel — treat pricing, compliance and provenance detail as a working draft for due diligence, not a final trade sheet.

Detailed study

Calocybe indica (milky mushroom) is a tropical, high-temperature-tolerant species first domesticated in India and is now one of the country's three major commercially cultivated mushrooms alongside button and oyster mushroom, valued for its large white fruiting body, good shelf life, and suitability to India's hot, humid climate where European species struggle.

Provenance & producer

Commercial cultivation is concentrated in South India, particularly Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, using paddy-straw-based compost beds under simple shed structures; state horticulture departments and agricultural universities (e.g. TNAU) provide spawn and cultivation training to small growers.

Market & pricing

Fresh milky mushroom is listed at roughly ₹250/kg on IndiaMART from Chennai and Hyderabad-based suppliers, with spawn priced separately around ₹120/kg; small dried-format packs (e.g. 50g) are also sold by specialty sellers, reflecting a niche premium market for the dried product.

Compliance & export

Subject to standard FSSAI food business licensing for fresh and dried food products; dried mushroom products intended for retail packaging require compliance with FSSAI labelling and moisture-content norms under edible fungi product standards.

Sources

Image status

A working reference photograph is in place, captured from a freely-licensed Wikimedia Commons source. Underside of Calocybe indica (milky mushroom) fruiting body, Excited delirium (Mushroom Observer), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Note: shows the fresh wild fruiting body of the species; not a photo of the dried cultivated product as sold in this listing. Treat this as a placeholder for marketing purposes: exact licence terms should be re-verified on the Commons file page, and original producer photography is recommended before final trade use.