INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus is good source of iron. However, there is a limited data concerning bioavailability of iron from oyster mushroom and also cereal products containing this mushroom. The aim of this study was to assess bioavailability of iron from products with an addition of Pleurotus ostreatus in male rats with anaemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Invest...

This study evaluated three white-rot basidiomycetes for their potential to improve the ruminal degradation of wheat straw. Pleurotus ostreatus (PO), Pleurotus ostreatus-mutant (PO-M) and Trametes gibbosa (TG) were incubated on wheat straw for 30 days at 28 degrees C. Neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were deter...

Performance of four oyster mushroom species such as Pleurotus ostreatus, PO-2 (S1), P. djmour, Pop-1 (S2), florida, FLO-2 (S3) and ostreatus PO-10 (S4) with two culture methods like spore (C1) vegetative tissue (C2) was investigated. The experiment conducted in Mushroom Development Institute (MDI), Savar, Dhaka from April to June, 2021 CRD method. Considerable variations on different parameters...