[Cultivation of Pleurotus Laciniatocrenatus in Argentina.]

This paper reports the laboratory culture of Pleurotus laciniatocrenatus (Speg.) Speg., using one wild strain isolated from Salta province (Argentine). The compost used was an unsupplemented mixture of cedar sawdust (Cedrela fissilis Vell.) and corncob straw residues (Zea maydis L.) in 2:1 ratio. The average biological efficiency was 31% on dry substrate weight basis. Fruiting bodies protein was of 1.24 mg/100 mg fresh sample.