US Patent Issued to Amycel on Sept. 29 for "Mushroom varieties" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,743, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Amycel LLC (Watsonville, Calif.).

"Mushroom varieties" was invented by Christopher W. Robles (Watsonville, Calif.) and Maykoe R. Abaunza (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New and unique brown varieties of the mushroom Agaricus bisporus Imbach were produced by crossing the progeny of brown mushrooms and off-white hybrid mushrooms to bridging cross strains. The resultant hybrids, named 'RO10425', 'RO14176', and 'RO12756', exhibit distinct and stable characteristics. Hybrid 'RO10425' exhibits a lighter cap color, thicker cap flesh, and rounder cap, especially when compared to availa...