Comparative Cultivation Technique of Pleurotus Mushroom Grown on Different Biodegradable Substrates

Abstract

Mushrooms are saprophytic fungal organisms grown on dead organic wastes derived from both plants and animals. They extracted the available nutrients from the different sources by decomposition process. Generally, edible mushrooms have high nutritive values like rich of proteins, vitamins and minerals, low level of carbohydrates and lipids. In the present study Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) were cultivated using various substrates news paper waste, coir waste, ground nut shell coat waste and paddy straw wastes under aseptic condition. The nutritional value of all the harvested mushroom basidiocarps from the various substrates have been analysed by determining the moisture, total ash (biomass), protein, fat, lipid and carbohydrates. Among this higher protein content was observed in both news paper wastes (51.93 b ± 3.066 % and ground nut shell (43.06 ab ±6.025 %) wastes based mushrooms. (Pleurotus ostreatus.) Thus edible mushrooms can be cultivated using biodegradable wastes from various sources. This commercial technology could be applied in small scale industry for production of Pleurotus mushrooms which was nutritionally efficient for our health at low cost.