Table 6 Changes in absolute amounts of detergent fiber (g) over an eight wk period of 0.5 and 2 cm wheat straw incubated with three different amounts of L. edodes inoculum

ADL

0

17.7^a

17.7^ab

17.7^a

17.7^b

17.7^a

17.7^a

2

18.4^a

19.5^a

19.2^a

20.6^a

18.8^a

18.0^a

4

17.5^a

18.3^ab

16.0^ab

16.8^b

15.2^b

15.2^b

6

15.7^ab

15.2^b

18.3^a

12.7^c

12.0^c

12.2^c

8

14.6^b

14.7^b

13.2^b

10.4^d

10.1^d

9.7^d

0.60

0.85

0.77

0.33

0.32

0.43

0.0062

0.0113

0.0019

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

HC

0

56.0^a

56.0^a

56.0^a

56.0^a

56.0^a

56.0^a

2

55.6^a

54.0^a

51.6^ab

55.2^a

52.8^a

51.1^b

4

47.9^b

50.1^ab

45.6^c

49.8^a

46.3^b

44.7^c

6

43.1^c

43.2^bc

47.3^bc

39.3^b

38.2^c

36.1^d

8

44.8^bc

41.7^c

41.8^c

36.8^b

34.8^c

36.4^d

0.96

1.49

1.29

1.59

0.92

0.64

<.0001

0.0001

0.0001

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

Cell

0

92.5

92.5^ab

92.5

92.5

92.5

92.5

2

92.5

91.4^b

90.6

94.9

91.7

91.1

4

92.6

96.6^a

94.0

90.9

95.5

93.5

6

94.7

92.8^ab

91.6

93.2

92.9

95.1

8

91.2

89.5^b

90.3

93.6

93.9

91.7

1.38

1.03

1.08

1.59

0.83

1.06

0.5141

0.0076

0.1953

0.5183

0.0667

0.1257