Cultivation Of Edible Mushroom Pleurotus Eous (Berkerley) Saccardo

ABSTRACT

The effect of supplemented rice straw with 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% goat manure the fruit body yield of Pleurotus eous has been investigated in this work. The greatest yield (weight of fresh mushrooms per kilogram of substrate) was obtained from un-supplemented rice straw. However, in terms of number and size of fruit bodies, the treatment with 5% supplement was greatest. The result should be of interest to Pleurotus eous farmers who would need only little in-put to produce their mushroom, making it easier and less expensive. This finding and other observations made in this work are discussed in line with previous records.