Organic mushroom cultivation: white button mushrooms, shiitake, king oyster and oyster mushrooms as well as pioppino for the Swiss organic trade.

Fine Funghi AG

Gossau ZH · WauwilNew on Amplifa

1988Founded

2017Acquired by Wauwiler AG

5Mushroom varieties in the product range

About Fine Funghi AG

Fine Funghi AG is a Swiss organic mushroom farm based in Gossau ZH that has been cultivating mushrooms organically since 1988. The company produces white button mushrooms, shiitake, king oyster mushrooms, oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) and pioppino with Bio Knospe certification and supplies the Swiss organic trade. In Gossau ZH, shiitake, king oyster mushrooms, pioppino and Pleurotus are cultivated; white button mushroom production to organic standard takes place in Wauwil. The mushrooms grow on substrate blocks made of wood chips or sawdust, enriched with organically produced nutrients such as maize, bran, sunflower seeds and soybean hulls. The substrate is disinfected with steam, filled into bags and, after a mycelium colonization phase of three to thirteen weeks, cultivated in climate-controlled growing rooms. Harvesting takes place daily by hand, without chemically synthetic fungicides and insecticides; instead, the farm relies on hygienic care and mechanical pest control. Since early 2017, Fine Funghi AG has belonged to Wauwiler AG as part of a succession arrangement. In addition to direct sales from the growing facility, the company offers guided tours of the production facility as well as mushroom growing kits.

Site: Gossau ZH
Processes: Guided tours of the production facility, Direct sales from the growing facility, Mushroom growing kits
Materials: Wood chip substrate, Sawdust substrate, Maize, bran, sunflower seeds, soybean hulls
Certificates: Bio Suisse / Bio Knospe, GLOBALG.A.P., Bio Suisse / Bio Knospe (bio.inspecta)
Founded: 1988
Industries: Organic food trade, Swiss organic trade

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Substrate production (wood chips/sawdust with organic nutrients)
02
Steam disinfection of the substrate
03
Filling into bags and inoculation with mycelium
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Colonization phase 3–13 weeks
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Climate-controlled cultivation in the growing room
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Daily hand harvesting
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Sale to the Swiss organic trade

Substrates and Nutrients

SUB

Wood chip substrate

Basis of the substrate blocks, combined depending on mushroom variety with nutrients from organic farming.

SÄGE

Sawdust substrate

Alternative substrate base, which is colonized by the mushroom mycelium into a solidified block.

NAH

Maize, bran, sunflower seeds, soybean hulls

Nutrients from organic farming for enriching the substrate.

Locations

Gossau ZH

Production (shiitake, king oyster mushroom, pioppino, Pleurotus), direct sales

Materials: Wood chip and sawdust substrates

Colonization rooms
Climate-controlled growing rooms
Steam disinfection
Screw conveyor

Wauwil

White button mushroom production (organic standard)

Materials: Substrate to organic standard

Mushroom Varieties

**Shiitake**Organic mushroom cultivation · Swiss organic trade

**King oyster mushroom**Organic mushroom cultivation · Swiss organic trade

**Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus)**Organic mushroom cultivation · Swiss organic trade

**White button mushroom**Organic mushroom cultivation · Swiss organic trade

**Pioppino**Organic mushroom cultivation · Swiss organic trade

Inside the production

Organic mushroom production of Fine Funghi AG

Industries

Organic food tradeSwiss organic trade

Additional services

Guided tours of the production facilityDirect sales from the growing facilityMushroom growing kits

Reference customers

Swiss organic trade

Quality and Certification

The farm is certified according to Bio Suisse (Bio Knospe), audited by bio.inspecta, and holds a GLOBALG.A.P. certification. Chemically synthetic fungicides and insecticides are dispensed with.

Evidence	Gossau ZH
Bio Suisse / Bio Knospe (bio.inspecta)
GLOBALG.A.P.

History

1988
Start of the development of organic mushroom cultivation
2017
Acquisition by Wauwiler AG as part of a succession arrangement