Table 2.

Degree of control imparted by each of the mushroom production methods

Substrate and mushroom type	Nutrition of substrate	Control of contamination	Temperature	Light	Moisture content	Substrate pH	Substrate air-gas exchange	Humidity	Spawning method
Grass waste (obunegyere/obwisonkere)	C	C	PC	PC	PC	PC	PC	PC	NC
Cattle manure (ensyabire/entyabire)	C	PC	PC	NC	NC	PC	PC	NC	NC
Banana residue (akasukusuku)	C	NC	PC	PC	PC	PC	PC	PC	NC
Muramba sorghum waste (oyster)	C	PC	PC	C	C	PC	PC	PC	C
Maize waste (local name not yet identified)	C	NC	PC	PC	NC	PC	PC	PC	NC
Deadwood of hardwood trees (emponzira)	C	NC	PC	PC	PC	NC	PC	PC	NC

C, controlled; PC, partially controlled; NC, not controlled