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Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2011, 2, 780-784 doi:10.4236/fns.2011.27107 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/fns) Effects of Lignocellulosic in Wood Used as Substrate on the Quality and Yield of Mushrooms * Mercy Badu , Sylvester K. Twumasi, Nathaniel O. Boadi Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. * Email: mbadu0@ st th th Received June 1 , 2011; revised July 29 , 2011; accepted August 6 , 2011. ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to find out if the sawdust generated from some of the Ghanaian wood species can be used in the cultivation of pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) and their subsequent effect on the quality and yield of the mushrooms produced. Sawdust from three Ghanaian wood species (Triplochiton scleraxylon, Ceiba pentandra and Terminalia superba) were collected and their cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and nitrogen contents determined using standard methods. Triplochiton scleraxylon gave 46.76%, 15.69%, 27.55%, 0.01% w/w, Ceiba pentandra gave 44.79%, 15.32%, 34.08%, 0.02% w/w and Terminalia superba gave 46.64%, 16.29%, 31.17%, 0.02% w/w of the cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and nitrogen content respectively. Compost was then made from each of the wood and used as substrate for the cultivation of pleurotus ostreatus. The highest yield of mushroom was obtained from T. scleraxylon 334g followed by T. superba 277 g and C. pentandra gave the lowest yield of 193 g fresh weight after 3 flushes. The proximate composition of the mushrooms produced gave crude protein ranging 16.33 - 18.20, fat 1.67 - 2.07, carbohy- drate 40.86 - 50.53, fibre 4.14 - 6.73 and ash content of 4.40% - 5.80%. The report has shown that the yield and nutri- tional content of the oyster mushroom o