Culture medium for producing selenium-enriched pleurotus eryngii

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Abstract

A culture medium used for producing Se-enriched pleurotus eryngii is prepared by mixing cotton seed coats, bran coats, corn cobs, Astragalus roots and/or leftovers of Ganodorma lucidum, pulverized lime, gypsum powder and corn flour through sterilization. By adopting the culture medium for the Se-enriched pleurotus eryngii, the produced Se-enriched pleurotus eryngii has a Se content which is increased to 0.368 percent from 0.023 percent of the common culture media, namely, improved by 16 times, simultaneously, the organic Se occupies 99.5 percent of the full Se. The raw materials of the culture medium have wide sources and low cost, the produced leurotus eryngii with high nutritive value and large market demand.