BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF AURICULARIA AURICULA IN SOLID SUBSTRATE

Background and Aim:Background: Auricularia auricula, known as the Jew s ear, wood ear, jelly ear or by a number of other common names, is a species of edible Auriculariales fungus found worldwide. The fruiting body is distinguished by its noticeably ear-like shape and brown colouration; it grows upon wood, especially elder. The fungus can be found throughout the year in temperate regions worldwide, where it grows upon both dead and living wood.Methods:Methods: This process consists of depositing a solid culture substrate, such as rice or wheat bran,corn cube, wheat straw , saw dust and tea waste.Results:Results: According to the results, solid culture bed containing 90 percent of sawdust and 10 percent rice bran has the highest amount of biomass production in the Auricularia fungus.Conclusion:Conclution: All the results presented here suggest that Auricularia auricula can grow in saw dust solid media better than the other media because this fungus has a lignin peroxidase, so it can degradate the lignin in this solid state.

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Auricularia ، solid state ، biomass