ISSN 2375-0723
African Journal of Food Science Research ISSN 2375-0723 Vol. 6 (9), pp. 378-381, September, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
A study of mushroom species using sawdust of different economic tree species
Abbot O. Oghenekaro*, John A. Okhuoya and Emmanuel O. Akpaja
Mushroom Biology Unit, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Benin, P. M. B. 1154, Benin City, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]. Tel.: +2348036362036; Fax: +23452602370
Accepted 06 May, 2018
Abstract
Lentinus squarrosulus (Mont.) Singer was cultivated on the sawdust of five economic tropical tree spe-cies; Chlorophora excelsa, Celtis zenkeri, Guera cedrata, Nesogordenia papaverifera and Brachystegia, collected during processing at the sawmill. The highest yield of fruiting bodies (16.17 ± 1.25 g) was observed on B. nigerica sawdust supplemented with 1% CaCO3, 1% sugar and 20% wheat bran. The lowest yield (4.56 ± 1.84 g), was observed on N. papaverifera sawdust without supple-mentation. The results of this study demonstrate that L. squarrosulus mushroom did not show any particular trend with increase in supplementation level. The study underscores the need for guided use of sawdust types along with the required appropriate supplements.
Key words: Agro-industrial waste, bioconversion, cultivation, edible mushroom, sawmill waste.