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Cultivation of the shiitake mushroom ( Lentinus edodes ) on lignocellulosic waste
Author(s) -
Pettipher Graham L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740420302
Subject(s) - lentinus , mushroom , sawdust , lentinula , horticulture , substrate (aquarium) , food science , yield (engineering) , botany , biology , chemistry , materials science , ecology , metallurgy
The Shiitake mushroom ( Lentinus edodes ) was successfully grown and fruited on a substrate containing 7 parts hardwood sawdust and 3 parts oatmeal. Colonised blocks of substrate placed in a fruiting environment produced edible mushrooms in 9–15 days with an average total yield of c. 135% fresh weight mushrooms per unit dry weight of substrate. The mushroom fruited when daily temperatures ranged between 11 and 26°C.