Table 5 Changes in detergent fiber content (g/kg DM) over an eight wk period of 0.5 and 2 cm wheat straw incubated with three different amounts of L. edodes inoculum

ADL

0

90.8^abc

90.8^ab

90.8^a

90.8^b

90.8^a

90.8^a

2

95.7^a

100.2^a

97.9^a

107.3^a

97.3^a

92.6^a

4

92.7^ab

95.4^ab

82.6^ab

89.1^b

79.5^b

79.3^b

6

81.9^bc

80.5^ab

95.6^a

68.2^c

64.1^c

64.5^c

8

78.6^c

79.0^b

69.9^b

56.5^d

54.6^d

52.2^d

2.74

4.40

3.82

1.80

1.63

2.36

0.0056

0.0261

0.0025

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

HC

0

287.1^a

287.1^a

287.1^a

287.1^a

287.1^a

287.1^a

2

288.8^a

277.8^a

262.8^ab

286.9^a

273.6^a

262.1^b

4

253.4^b

260.7^ab

235.4^bc

263.7^a

242.5^b

233.1^c

6

224.7^c

228.9^bc

247.2^bc

211.4^b

204.8^c

190.7^d

8

240.8^bc

223.6^c

221.0^c

199.9^b

188.2^c

196.2^d

5.22

7.96

6.04

8.39

4.80

3.44

<.0001

0.0006

0.0002

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

Cell

0

474.1^b

474.1^b

474.1^ab

474.1

474.1^b

474.1^bc

2

480.4^ab

470.5^b

461.1^b

493.5

475.6^b

467.1^c

4

489.5^ab

503.1^a

485.5^a

481.3

500.3^a

486.9^abc

6

493.8^a

491.2^ab

478.7^ab

500.7

498.3^a

503.0^a

8

489.8^ab

479.6^ab

478.1^ab

508.3

507.4^a

494.1^ab

4.04

6.20

4.63

8.32

4.17

4.62

0.035

0.0221

0.0403

0.0835

0.0005

0.0016