DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2022.v09i04.001

Pages: 49-53

Edible mushrooms are highly cultivated by mushroom farmers in Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia because of its nutrition content that have benefit for health. The problem facing by the farmers is related with the disease caused by mites, locally called krepes. This research aims to study the variation of edible mushrooms which can be the host for the mites and its effect on the nutrition quality of the mushroom. Mites were inoculated into the mushroom baglog. The temperature and humidity were controlled during the mushroom’s growth. Proximate analysis was conducted to know the nutrition composition of the mushroom. The result showed that mites which caused krepes only growth in ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula) that has carbohydrate composition of 28.69%, the highest among edible mushrooms studied in this research. Generally, there were decreasing value in carbohydrate and protein composition with increasing value of water content in the edible mushrooms inoculated with the mites. Further study to investigate the specific type of carbohydrate used by the mites should be performed.