Essais de culture de quelques champignons lignicoles comestibles de la région de Kinshasa (R.D. Congo) sur divers substrats lignocellulosiques

Abstract

Cultivation tests for some edible lignicolous mushrooms in the Kinshasa region (D.R. Congo) on different lignocellulosic substrates. Nine strains of edible lignicolous mushrooms isolated on agar medium and tested on spawn substrates of corn grains and sawdust, and on fruiting substrates of sawdust and stems of Cyperus papyrus, gave satisfactory results. The highest average yield in sporophores, of 22% fresh weight, was obtained with a local strain of Pleurotus flabellatus on C. papyrus stems. An average yield of 19% was recorded with Lentinus squarrosulus on sawdust substrates. This constitutes the first publication of methodological data on the cultivation of local strains of edible mushrooms for central Africa.

Keywords

• Cultivation
• edible fungi
• non-woody forest products
• lignocellulosic substrate
• central Africa
• D.R. Congo