ABSTRACT
The effect of sawdust supplementation of coconut bark with 0, 20 and 40% of wheat and/or rice bran on growth rate (cm day -1), vigor, period of primordials formation and yield of two strains of Pleurotus ostreatus and one of P. ostreatoroseus were investigated. The supplementation influenced all parameters tested.
KEY WORDS
Pleurotus
; coconut bark; axenic cultivation; agricultural wastes; mycelium growth