Cultivation of some medicinal mushrooms species from Ganoderma on sawdust supplemented with water hyacinth

Lauretta OFODILE; Viola  NICHOLAS-OKPARA; Utom-Obong  AKPAN; Leonard ADAMU-GOVERNOR; Uche KANIFE; Emannuel IKEGWU; Emmanuel ANI; Adekunle AYODEJI; Ndubuisi NWAKANMA; Godwin OVIOMA; Doyinsola AKINJAYEJU; Anjorin SAANU

doi:10.14720/aas.2025.121.3.22058

Authors

Lauretta OFODILE Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Viola NICHOLAS-OKPARA Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina A&T State University, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States of America https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-887X
Utom-Obong AKPAN Anatomy Programme, Bowen University Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-4721
Leonard ADAMU-GOVERNOR Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-4858
Uche KANIFE Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4152-011X
Emannuel IKEGWU Department of Statistics, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-6006
Emmanuel ANI Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1245-9735
Adekunle AYODEJI Department of Statistics, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7503-7674
Ndubuisi NWAKANMA Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-257X
Godwin OVIOMA Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-5197
Doyinsola AKINJAYEJU Department of Biological Science, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4382-6031
Anjorin SAANU College Central Research Laboratory, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos, P.M.B 2011, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2025.121.3.22058

Keywords:

Ganoderma, Cultivation, Mushrooms, Supplementation, Efficiency, Yield

Abstract

This study investigated the cultivation of Ganoderma mbrekobenum, G. sessile, and G. oregonense using sawdust supplemented with water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). Ganoderma species have medicinal applications, including immune modulation, antioxidants, and antimicrobial properties. Substrates with water hyacinth (SWH) consisted of 900 g sawdust, 100 g water hyacinth, 100 g rice bran, and 30 g calcium carbonate, while (SNWH) was not supplemented with water hyacinth. Mycelial growth assessment showed that G. mbrekobenum and G. sessile colonized 85 mm Petri dishes within 7 days, whereas G. oregonense required 8 days. Primordial development was highest in G. mbrekobenum (8.2), followed by G. sessile (4.0) and G. oregonense (2.8), but G. sessile and G. oregonense fruited faster (21 days) than G. mbrekobenum (30 days). Fruiting body yield analysis showed that G. mbrekobenum had the highest weight (61.10 g) and biological efficiency (15.42 %). G. sessile had the fastest fruiting time (47.4 days), while G. mbrekobenum took 86.8 days. The biological efficiency of G. oregonense was lowest at 9.99 % (SWH) and 5.86 % (SNWH). Water hyacinth supplementation improved mushroom yield and G. mbrekobenum demonstrated superior yield, whereas G. sessile had a faster fruiting cycle, making both species suitable for large-scale medicinal mushroom production.

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