Abstract
Pleurotus djamor is a exotic wood-rotting edible mushroom in the Philippines. The mycelial growth and fruiting body performance of P. djamor were evaluated in different culture media, spawning materials, and substrate formulations. The proximate composition of this mushroom was also analyzed. Coconut water gelatin (CWG) showed the fastest mycelial growth which completely colonized the media in 8.2 days of incubation. Sweet sorghum grain was the best spawning material. Moreover, a combination of rice straw, cocopeat, and rice bran at 7:3:1 ratio recorded the most number of flushes (6.6), highest yield (256.6 g), and highest biological efficiency (31.10%). This substrate formulation had the highest NPK content. In proximate composition analysis, P. djamor grown in rice straw and cocopeat combination contained 90.15 ± 0.27% moisture, 0.87 ± 0.22% ash, 0.12 ± 0.00% crude protein, 0.17 ± .01% crude fat, 3.10 ± 0.24% crude fiber, and 5.59% nitrogen free extract or digestible carbohydrate content.
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