Table 4. Comparison of spawn run and yield of selected domesticated or cultivated mushrooms.

Mushroom	Substrate	Bag size (g)	Spawn run (Days)	Pinhead emergence (Days)	No. of harvest	Biological efficiency (%)
A. rugosum (This study)	Sawdust, rice bran	300	15	26	1	5.4
Oudemansiella tanzanica [29]	Sawdust, rice bran,	1000	19	2	20	101.9
Volvariella spp. [30]	50% Wheat, 50% rice bran	-	12	6	3	13.6
Pleurotus ostreatus [31]	Paddy	800	32	50	5	12.0
Pleurotus ostreatus [31]	Sorghum	800	23	36	5	25.4
Pleurotus ostreatus [31]	Kurakkan	800	21	35	5	30.8
Pleurotus ostreatus [31]	Maize	800	22	45	5	16.6
Pleurotus ostreatus [20]	Sawdust, wheat straw	1000	17	25	11	43.6
Pleurotus ostreatus [20]	Sawdust	1000	17	24	22	64.7
Lentinus squarrosulus [32]	Spondias mombin, rice bran	-	28	7	12	10.3