Table 1 Growth of the tested Medicinal Mushrooms as determined through visual analysis after 20 days of incubation onto B73, ‘Fiorine di Clusone’ (FC), ‘Spinato di Gandino’ (SG), ‘Rostrato Rosso di Rovetta’ (RR), and ‘Spinoso Nero Valle Camonica’ (SN) corncobs.

From: Characterization and nutritional valorization of agricultural waste corncobs from Italian maize landraces through the growth of medicinal mushrooms

Medicinal Mushrooms (MMs)

Corncob genotype

B73 

FC 

SG 

RR 

SN

Pleurotus

+++

++

++

++

++

Ganoderma

++

++

++

++

+

Flammulina

++

++

++

+

+

Lentinula

++

+/− 

+/− 

+/− 

+/− 

  1. (+++) very compact growth, mycelium thickness around 2–3 mm, penetrating also on corncobs; (++) compact growth, mycelium thickness around 1 mm; (+) superficial growth, mycelium thickness lower than 1 mm; (+/−) thin superficial growth only.
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