Abstract
We examined the fruit body yields of Lentinula edodes in three flushes on the sawdust substrates with six kinds of additives, raw rice bran, fat-free rice bran, wheat bran, raw rice bran and wheat bran, fat-free rice bran and wheat bran, and a commercial supplement. Then, the evaluations of the fruit bodies for the seven items, appearance, color and smell before consumption, smell, taste, texture after consumption, and total evaluation, in the three flushes were examined using the token method of sensory analysis. Times of flush which gave more yield than the others differed according to the kind of additives. The results from the sensory analysis showed the evaluations of fruit body taste differed according to the kind of additives and times of flush which gave more yield than the others. By the total yield in the three flushes and the total evaluation of sensory analysis in each flush, the substrate with fat-free rice bran and wheat bran showed high score by evaluation.
