Domestication and Nutrient Analysis of Schizopyllum Commune, Alternative Natural Food Sources in East Kalimantan

AbstractDomestication and nutrient analysis of Schizopyllum commune were studied to find out its function as an alternative source of natural food for the people in East Kalimantan. S. commune that commonly growth on surface of palm oil empty fruit bunch waste during the natural decomposition was artificial cultivated and domesticated to produce the high quality of mushroom using the simple and daily techniques that known by people. Cultivation was done using bag log model as well as we used on oyster mushroom cultivation. The results showed that the mushroom growth was very fast to achieve the first flush of fruit body production just after 16 days of inoculated and the total production of mushroom was 1,198.71g. We also found that the biological efficiency ratio was 3.73%. Domestication was also increased size of fruit body and nutrient contents of mushroom such as rise of carbohydrate from 35.39% to 37.42%, respectively. Even, ash, fat, protein and fiber contentsof mushroom were not significantly different rather than the wild one