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Abstract: The physical qualities of mushrooms are usually measured by sensorial and therefore subjective methods. Besides, the quality highly depends on their developmental stage. We have therefore searched for objective methods to determine the developmental stage and the quality of fruitbodies. Using a CCD-camera and image processing software, we found that gill colour and cap opening are highly correlated to maturity of mushrooms and can therefore be used to determine the developmental stage of fruit bodies. Our results show that objective methods such as computer image analysis offers an objective method for quality determination and is therefore a preferred tool for future work.
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