Magic Mushrooms

But the high price of the product inhibits a scale-up. “The cost is five times that of thermocol. Besides, thermocol is quicker to make. The growth of the mushrooms cannot be expedited to less than seven days—they will become cancerous. Thankfully, some corporate houses are placing orders with us,” Bodh says, adding that Dharaksha is in the process of discussions on development and commercialisation with V-guard, Dabur, Pernod Ricard, Nestle. “The boxes can carry anything between 250 g and 15 kg. We are working on developing stronger versions. We are also mulling setting up a plant in Rishikesh, and another one down south,” they say. There can be clean smoke with a fire, that much is certain.