Mass balance of dry matter and organic matter and structural components (carbohydrates, nitrogen, lignin and ash) in the compost during composting and mycelium growth.

<p>^a Organic matter = Total dry matter–ash.</p><p>^b Recovery = Calculated as sum(carbohydrates+protein+total lignin +ash)/total dry matter*100.</p><p>^c Nitrogen to protein conversion factor 6.25.</p><p>^d Calculated as difference = total nitrogen-water insoluble nitrogen.</p><p>^e Corrected for ash.</p><p>n.s. not specified. +/- STDEV between analytical duplicates.</p><p>BM: basic mixture; PI: compost after Phase I; PII: compost after Phase II; PIII–16: compost after 16 days of mycelium growth for batch A.