China is rich in straw resources. The utilization of straw in the cultivation of edible fungi partially resolves the resource conflicts between mushroom cultivation and forest industry and also contributes to environmental protection.
In this study, based on the technology of replacing wood by grass, the straw formula for mycelial culture of
In the experiments, different kinds of straw used as the main material showed interaction effects, further affecting the growth rate of mycelia and the activities of laccase, cellulase, and neutral xylanase. The screened optimal formula was composed of 16.3% rice straw, 59.7% cob, 20.0% wheat bran, 2.0% gypsum, 1.0% sucrose, and 1.0% calcium superphosphate. In the mushroom cultivation, 445.69 g of fresh mushroom were obtained and the biological efficiency reached 89.14%. The growth period of the first mushroom was shortened by 7-9 days. Some nutritional components of fruiting bodies, such as crude fats (6.10%), crude proteins (152.02 g/kg), K (19.71 g/kg), P (2.48 g/kg), and Se (6.06 g/kg), were significantly higher than those of the control formula.
These above indicators indicated that the screened formula could be applied in the high-yield and high-quality cultivation of