Table 1 Chemical composition of autoclaved wheat straw and wood chips before and after treatment with L. edodes for 2, 4, 8 and 12 wk

Wheat straw

0

81.1^a

260.1^a

479.6^b,c

7.5^a

24.2^a

0^c

252.8^a,b

2

74.6^b

202.7^b

461.2^c

6.4^b

17.4^b

8^c

247.8^b

4

57.0^c

148.1^c

496.3^b

4.7^c

12.2^c

11^b,c

277.0^a,b

8

33.2^d

94.6^d

537.3^a

2.4^d

6.9^d

22^b

287.3^a,b

12

15.5^e

87.2^d

544.2^a

1.0^e

5.7^d

30^a

311.2^a

RMSE

2.22

11.48

11.80

0.29

1.22

0.05

22.40

P-value

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

0.03

Wood chips

0

198.2¹

140.8^a

445.5^c

15.4^a

11.0^a

0

54.0^c

2

187.3^a,b

96.3^a,b

486.2^b

15.1^a

7.8^a,b

0

55.4^c

4

163.8^b

103.6^a,b

497.4^a,b

10.1^b

6.8^a,b

20

120.7^b

8

126.6^c

79.9^b

520.6^a

8.8^b

5.6^b

11

169.6^a

12

107.0^c

105.6^a,b

436.5^c

6.9^b

6.8^a,b

17

177.4^a

RMSE

9.49

16.97

11.59

1.44

1.81

1.2

16.12

P-value

<0.01

0.02

<0.01

<0.01

0.04

0.16

<0.01