Nigerian Researchers Domesticate Wild Mushroom Using Sawdust Waste
LAGOS, Nigeria — Researchers have successfully domesticated a wild, nutrient rich mushroom species using common sawdust breakthrough that could pave the way for a year-round mushroom farming industry across West Africa. The study, led by researcher Chiemeziem Agbonma Onyeka at the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, focused on Lentinus squarrosulus, a prized edible and medicinal mushroom that typically grows on decaying logs in tropical forests. Because of widespread habitat destruction this wild mushroom is increasingly at risk of becoming scarce in its natural habitat.
Mushroom farming remains an underutilized sector in Africa, where most communities still rely on foraging during specific seasons rather than cultivating crops. To find a reliable, low cost method for c...
