Fungiculture
（重定向自Cultivated mushroom）
![Home cultivated shiitake developing over approximately 24 hours.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Shiitake_growing_s4449.jpg")
![Harvesting Pleurotus ostreatus cultivated using spawns embedded in sawdust mixture placed in plastic containers](/Images/godic/202501/07/Harvestingoystermushroomcultivatedinbaggedsawdustmixture4450.jpg")
![Details of the gill structure of the edible oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus.[25]](/Images/godic/202501/07/Pleurotus_ostreatus_Eglinton4450.JPG")
Fungiculture is the process of producing food, medicine, and other products by the cultivation of mushrooms and other fungi.
The word is also commonly used to refer to the practice of cultivating fungi by leafcutter ants, termites, ambrosia beetles, and marsh periwinkles.