Cellulose

Substrate Composition	Incubation time (days)					Loss in cellulose (%) after 120 days
	Cellulose (%)*
	0	30	60	90	120
Cont-100PS	37.32^ij	37.32^ij	36.00^jkl	33.37^mn	32.92ⁿ	11.79
90PS:10CS	38.86^hi	35.97^jkl	34.88^klm	33.76^mn	33.51^mn	13.77
75PS:25CS	37.22^ij	36.75^j	36.57^jk	36.15^jkl	34.57^lmn	7.12
50PS:50CS	42.22^b-f	41.88^c-f	41.16^c-g	41.13^d-g	34.87^klm	17.41
25PS:75CS	43.03^abc	43.01^a-d	42.92^a-d	40.92^efg	39.44^gh	8.34
10PS:90CS	42.28^b-e	41.70^c-f	41.55^c-f	41.01^efg	38.36^hi	9.27
Cont2-100CS	44.41^a	43.93^ab	43.93^ab	41.37^c-f	38.81^hi	12.61

*Means with same letters within columns and rows are not significantly different (p<0.05), Cont1-100PS and Cont2-100CS are controls composed of 100% peanut shells and 100% cornstalks respectively.

Table 1: Cellulose content and losses in peanut shells and cornstalks substrates during 120 day solid state fermentation with Pleurotus ostreatus.