Comparative studies on the cultivation, yield, and nutritive value of an edible mushroom, (Rumph. ex Fr.) Singer, grown under different agro waste substrates.

In the present study, (Rumph. ex Fr.) Singer collected from Keeriparai forest of Kanyakumari district, South India was cultivated using environmentally benign, low-cost agricultural waste residues (paddy straw, sugarcane bagasse, rice husk, and sawdust) as growth substrates.