Assessment of the Quality Characteristics of Stropharia rugosoannulata Subjected to Five Different Drying Methods

Table 2

The colour of the caps and stipes of S. rugosoannulata dehydrated by different drying methods.

	L	a	b	ΔE
Fresh	^c	^a	^a	0	^b	^c	^c	0
VFD	^a	^bc	^c		2^a	^c	^c	^c
RSD	^b	^b	^b		^c	^a	^b	^c
SD	^c	^c	^b		^d	^b	^b	^a
MD	^c	^bc	^b		^d	^b	^a	^a
HD	^d	^c	^a		^d	^b	^b	^b

Notes: results were expressed as (). , , and represented the lightness, redness, and yellowness of the cap of dried mushrooms, respectively. , , and represented those of the stipes, respectively. and mean the colour difference between the dried and fresh samples in the caps and stipes, respectively. Different letters in the same column indicated significant differences at .