Abstract
The mushroom Lentinula edodes, popularly known as shiitake, has attracted the attention of several researchers due to its nutritional and medicinal properties. Shiitake thrives in materials rich in lignin and can be cultivated in sawdust, supplemented with wheat bran, rice, and/or corn to correct the C/N ratio. However, acquiring sawdust has become a major challenge as it comes from a raw…