Abstract:
Few mushrooms areas spectacular as Pleurotuscitrinopileatus Singer.Its brilliant yellow color astonishes all who first see it. This species forms clusters hosting a high number of individual mushrooms, whose stems often diverge from a single base. Spicy and bitter at first, this mushroom imparts a strong nutty flavour upon thorough cooking. P.citrinopileatus grows quickly through pasteurized straw and sterilized sawdust, and thrives at high temperatures.The present study carried out to evaluate suitable grain substrates for spawn development, growth and yield of P. citrinopileatus.The grains taken for this study were wheat, sorghum, millet and maize. A total of four treatments replicated five times were taken under the complete randomized design. The minimum time taken for mycelium run was 17 days and maximum time taken from simulation to primordial initiation was recorded by millet grain spawn.
