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    • Figure 1.  Wild fruiting bodies of the different geographical strains of L. tigrinus: (A) strain 1 from Alilem, Ilocos Sur; (B) strain 2 and (C) strain 3 from Dodan, Penablanca, Cagayan; (D) strain 4 and (E) strain 5 from Binanuanan, Pili, Camarines Sur; (F) strain 6, (G) strain 7 and (I) strain 9 from Lingap Kalikasan; (H) strain 8 from Ladies Dormitory 7; (J) strain 10 from Sawmill; (K) strain 11 Grandstand, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija.

    • Mushroom Species Incubation Period (days) Days to Primordia Initiation (days) Pileus Diameter (mm) Stipe Length (mm) Yield per bag(g) Biological Efficiency (%)
      Lentinus tigrinus 40.50d 44.00f 56.09bc 37.64abc 30.77cd 6.15cd
      strain 1 ±2.00 ±1.37 ±2.43 ±2.44 ±1.51 ±0.30
      Lentinus tigrinus 20.70b 23.00ab 40.75de 27.91d 14.38def 2.86def
      strain 2 ±1.40 ±1.41 ±6.56 ±1.13 ±0.95 ±0.19
      Lentinus tigrinus 20.10b 21.10a 59.37abc 29.30bcd 24.67cde 4.93cde
      strain 3 ±1.85 ±3.03 ±2.30 ±2.74 ±2.75 ±0.55
      Lentinus tigrinus 20.80b 26.20b 50.80bcd 26.47d 4.33f 0.87f
      strain 4 ±1.52 ±1.82 ±4.54 ±5.71 ±1.44 ±0.29
      Lentinus tigrinus 27.90c 33.10cd 33.19e 28.65cd 7.33ef 1.47ef
      strain 5 ±2.33 ±2.41 ±4.85 ±3.33 ±1.26 ±0.25
      Lentinus tigrinus 18.10ab 31.60c 72.20a 38.20ab 81.83a 16.37a
      strain 6 ±0.22 ±0.55 ±5.61 ±1.05 ±12.87 ±2.57
      Lentinus tigrinus 21.20b 37.30e 62.39ab 31.96abcd 59.00b 11.80b
      strain 7 ±0.27 ±0.45 ±3.20 ±1.32 ±5.77 ±1.15
      Lentinus tigrinus 20.60b 32.40c 53.28bcd 35.27abcd 36.50c 7.30c
      strain 8 ±0.89 ±0.89 ±4.96 ±5.06 ±15.02 ±3.00
      Lentinus tigrinus 29.70c 36.30de 47.73cd 39.24a 28.50cd 5.70cd
      strain 9 ±0.67 ±0.76 ±5.95 ±3.85 ±1.80 ±0.36
      Lentinus tigrinus 16.60a 20.70a 50.71bcd 41.22a 14.67def 2.93def
      strain 10 ±0.89 ±0.27 ±2.97 ±3.57 ±1.26 ±0.25
      Lentinus tigrinus 18.00ab 22.00a 49.48bcd 33.16abcd 15.50def 3.10def
      strain 11 ±2.74 ±3.04 ±3.09 ±1.56 ±7.37 ±1.47
      Means with the same superscript are not significantly different at 5% levels of significance

      Table 1.  Incubation period, primordial initiation, cap diameter, stipe length, yield and biological efficiency of 11 strains of Lentinus tigrinus grown on rice straw-sawdust based substrate.