Table 1.
Substrates reported to be useful for the cultivation of various species of Pleurotus spp.
| Substrate | References |
| Chopped branches of Euphorbia royleana (Euphorbiaceae) | Kaul and Janardhan, 1970 |
| Saw dust | Gurjar and Doshi, 1995 |
| Waste tea leaves | Bisht and Harsh, 1983 |
| Pulp mill sludge | Mueller and Gawley, 1983 |
| Coffee pulp | Guzman and Martinez, 1986 |
| Oil palm bunch refuse | Ramesh and Ansari, 1987 |
| Water weeds | Jain et al., 1988 |
| Sugarcane baggasse | Bahukhandi and Munjal, 1989 |
| Coconut and anjali logs | Suharban and Nair, 1991 |
| Sericulture/agriculture industry wastes | Sharma and Madan, 1992 |
| Wood logs and trunks | Chang and Miles, 1993 |
| Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) | Vats et al., 1994 |
| Mustard haulm | Mukherjee and Nandi, 2001 |
| Water hyacinth | Murugesan et al., 1995 |
| Straws of Saccharum munja (Poaceae), Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae) and Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (Fabaceae) | Patrabansh and Madan, 1995 |
| Salvinia molesta (Salviniaceae) and Eichhorinia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) | Mani and Philip, 1995 |
| Leonotis sp. (Lamiaceae), Sida acuta (Malvaceae), Parthenium argentatum (Asteraceae), Ageratum conyzoides (Asteraceae), Cassia sophera (Caesalpiniaceae), Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae) and Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) | Das and Mukherjee, 2007 |