Table 6.

Production of enzymes by fungal cultivation on spent mushroom substrate. Abbreviations used: SSF, solid-state fermentation; SmF, submerged fermentation.

Mushroom species	Enzyme-producing organism	Produced enzymes	Comments	Reference
Auricularia polytricha, Pleurotus ostreatus, Auricularia nigricans	Trichoderma reesei	Cellulase	Ultrasonic-assisted fermentation	[188]
Agaricus bisporus	Trichoderma spp., Aspergillus niger	Endoglucanase, endoxylanase, amylase, β-glucosidase	SSF, no nutritional supplements were used	[189]
Pleurotus pulmonarius	Trichoderma asperellum	1,4-β-cellobiohydrolase,carboxymethylcellulase, β-glucosidase	SSF	[163]
Pleurotus florida	Trichoderma longibrachiatum	Endoglucanase, exoglucanase, xylanase	SSF, SmF	[175]
Pleurotus sajor-caju	Penicillium echinulatum	Endoglucanase, β-glucosidase, xylanase	SmF	[190]
P.florida	Aspergillus aculeatus	Cellobiase	SSF, SmF	[175]
P.ostreatus	P.ostreatus, P.pulmonarius, Ganoderma adspersum, Ganoderma resinaceum, Lentinula edodes	Laccase	SSF of SMS supplemented with wheat bran and soybean flour	[191]
P.ostreatus	P.ostreatus, P.pulmonarius	Laccase	SSF of SMS enriched with wheat bran and soybean flour; the crude enzyme was used for dephenolization of wastewaters	[26]