Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Wheat straw and saw dust wet substrates were supplemented with wheat bran at 20% and CaCO₃ at 1% and filled in polypropylene bags, autoclaved, cooled, spawned, incubated and treated in chilled water for fruiting. The experiment was laid out in RBD design and four replications. The observations were taken on spawn run (days), first harvest (days), number of fruiting bodies per bag, yield (g) per bag, total yield (kg/100 kg dry substrate) and average fruit body weight (g).

In wheat substrate the duration of spawn run and first harvest was significantly as low as 53.8, 87.5 days, respectively in strain LE17-01 as compared to other strains. The number of fruiting bodies was significantly more at 16.2 in strain LE17-03. The average fruit body weight was significantly as high as 10.9 g in LE17-04 as compared to other strains. The total yield was significantly highest at 14.9 kg /100 kg dry wheat substrate in LE17-01 as compared to other strains. In saw dust substrate, the duration of spawn run was significantly as low as 61.5 days in LE17-01 whereas, duration of first harvest was significantly lowest at 97.0 days in strain LE17-03. The number of fruiting bodies at 17.4 was observed significantly more in strain LE17-04 as compared to other strains. The average fruit body weight was significantly as high as 10.7 g in strain LE17-01 as compared to other strains. The total yield was significantly highest at 17.5 kg /100 kg dry saw dust substrate in LE17-01 as compared to other strains.