Research Article

Cultivation of Different Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus species) on Coffee Waste and Determination of Their Relative Biological Efficiency and Pectinase Enzyme Production, Ethiopia

Table 2

Spawn running (mycelia development) and primordial (pinhead) formation days of the four Pleurotus species on different substrates.

Pleurotus speciesSubstrateSpawn running (days)Pinhead formation (days)

P. citrinopileatusCHs18 ± 1a23 ± 1e
CP17 ± 1a25 ± 1a

P. eryngiiCHs20 ± 1b26 ± 1a
CP19 ± 1b28 ± 1b

P. ostreatusCHs15 ± 1c20 ± 1g
CP14 ± 1c22 ± 1h

P. sapidusCHs17 ± 1a22 ± 1h
CP16 ± 1c23 ± 1h

All values are means of triplicates ± SD. Levels not connected by the same letter under the same column are significantly different (). CHs = coffee husks, CP = coffee parchment, SD = standard deviation.