Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus Mushroom Mycelia on Different Agricultural and Food Industry Wastes

Uzgoj gljiva na lignoceluloznim ostatcima predstavlja jedan od ekonomski najisplativijih procesa recikliranja. To je stoga što se jeftini lignocelulozni supstrati mogu zamijeniti s proizvodom koji je savršen izvor proteina, vitamina i minerala, a ima i ljekovita svojstva. U ovom radu gljiva vrste Pleurotus ostreatus uzgajala se na četiri različita supstrata uz četiri različita nosača micelija pri tri temperaturna režima, 10 °C, 20 °C i 25 °C. Ispitivana je biološka učinkovitost, odnosno postotak pretvorbe mase suhog supstrata u masu svježe ubranih gljiva. Prema rezultatima može se zaključiti da Pleurotus ostreatus daju maksimalnu biološku učinkovitost na supstratu kakaove ljuske s micelijem uzgojenim na zrnu pšenice pri temperaturi od 20 °C.Growing mushrooms on lignocellulose wastes is one of the most economically cost-effective recycling processes. That is because cheap lignocellulotic substrates can be replaced with a product that is the perfect source of protein, vitamins and minerals and has medicinal properties. In this work, the Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom was grown on four different substrates with four different mycelium carriers at three temperatures, 10 °C, 20 °C and 25 °C. Biological efficiens, i.e. the percentage of conversion of dry substrate mass to the mass of freshly harvested mushrooms, was investigated. According to the results it can be concluded that Pleurotus ostreatus provide maximum biological efficiency on the substrate of cocoa shell with mycelium grown on wheat grains at temperature of 20 °C