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Abstract: The Phase II, pasteurization, "cookout", "sweatout", etc. is part of the composting process. The fact that the operation is performed inside instead of outside seems to separate it from other composting processes. Phase II must be considered as part of the continuous process of compost and can only be managed properly if all of the prior steps are understood. Therefore, this discussion will look at composting as a single process for the production of nutrients for the mushroom. Composting is really the management of a succession of several basic nutritional events. The original compost formula is really a food source for many types of thermophillic fungi and bacteria. These organisms utilize these nutrients and change them chemically into their own cell components. Ultimately these organisms become the food for the mushroom mycelia. It really is a microbial food chain or case of "who eats who". To describe these events in basic terms, we should look at the stepwise conversion of nutrients in a typical composting process.
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