Cultivation of oyster mushroom on waste paper with some added supplementary materials

Spawn running, pin head and fruit body formation, and mushroom yield of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) on I waste paper supplemented with peat, chicken manure and husk rice (90 + 10; 80 + 20 w.w) were studied. The fastest spawn running (mycelia development) (15.8 days), pin head formation (21.4 days) and fruit body formation (25.6 days), and the highest yield (350.2 gr) were realized with the substrate composed of 20% rice husk in weight. In general, increasing the ratio of rice husk within the substrate accelerated spawn running, pin head and fruit body formation, and resulted in increased mushroom yields, while more peat and chicken manure had a negative effect on growing. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.