The present invention provides a ventilated
solid culture device and method that have excellent
controllability of temperature and
humidity and can achieve stable temperature and
humidity control. The ventilated
solid culture device (1) adjusts the temperature and
humidity of the external air, ventilates the adjusted air to a culture matrix (53), and then exhausts all of the air to the outside of the device while culturing microorganisms. The device comprises an air intake (2), a blower (3), an
air conditioning mechanism (4), a culture chamber (5), an air outlet (6), and a control device (8). The
air conditioning mechanism is composed of a cooling unit (41), a heating unit (42), a
water spray unit (43), and a steam spray unit (44). When the control device determines the set value of the temperature and humidity of the adjusted air, based on the state of the air before adjustment, the control device selects a combination of units that are suitable for making the air before adjustment reach the set value from the units (41) to (44) that constitute the
air conditioning mechanism. The selected combination of units is controlled by the control device to adjust the temperature and humidity of the air before adjustment.