Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing

Produced in the process of anaerobic digestion, the effluent called digestate is rich in nutrients and can be used as a growing media for mushrooms. However, it can also be rich in non-essential and trace elements, heavy metals, various organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and other unwanted compoun...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Jasinska, Ketil Stoknes, Przemyslaw Niedzielski, Anna Budka, Miroslaw Mleczek
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description Produced in the process of anaerobic digestion, the effluent called digestate is rich in nutrients and can be used as a growing media for mushrooms. However, it can also be rich in non-essential and trace elements, heavy metals, various organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and other unwanted compounds with potential negative effects. Therefore, two button mushroom species, Agaricus bisporus (brown cultivar) and Agaricus subrufescens, were cultivated on digestate based substrate. The mineral composition of the experimental mushroom compost (EMC), mushrooms (M), spent mushroom compost (SMC) and spent casing (SC) was evaluated by means of ICP OES. Mineral distribution and quantity were substrate dependent, digestate origin was determined for most of investigated elements, excluding Ca, Mo, Pb, Ce and Nd, where the source was straw. However, content of elements with high mobility such as Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn for EMC was low. Short composting method for mushroom compost preparation used in this study could be suitable method for reducing available Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn and total As. For the casing material, bark was richer in major essential elements (MEE's) and essential trace elements (ETE's), besides Ca, where peat indicated higher content (1490 mg kg-1). From the trace elements with detrimental health effects (TEWDHE) group, bark was richer in Ba and Pb, but peat contained significant content of As (3.92 mg kg-1). The results clearly indicated both the studied mushrooms are valuable source of K, Na and Se, while A. subrufescens provided higher amounts of Cu and Zn. No threat for human consumption for Ni, Pb, As, and Cd, their content is under the limits and decreases with each subsequent mushroom yield. SMC and SC were nutrient rich especially for Fe, Mg, Mn, Si and Zn, giving them added value as biobased product for boosting vegetable crop yield. However, Cr and Ni, ETS's for plants in lower amounts, were elevated in SMC/SC, therefore the mineral composition should be monitored. Low concentration of hazardous elements in the spent substrates allows for subsequent use.
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spelling doaj-art-005a557641e44b848d94c54d954ca6da2025-08-20T02:49:08ZengElsevierJournal of Agriculture and Food Research2666-15432024-12-011810151810.1016/j.jafr.2024.101518Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casingAgnieszka Jasinska0Ketil Stoknes1Przemyslaw Niedzielski2Anna Budka3Miroslaw Mleczek4Poznan University of Life Sciences, Department of Vegetable Crops, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594, Poznań, Poland; Lindum AS, Research and Development Department, Drammen, Norway; Corresponding author. Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Vegetable Crops, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594, Poznań, Poland.Lindum AS, Research and Development Department, Drammen, NorwayAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Chemistry, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, PolandPoznan University of Life Sciences, Department of Construction and Geoengineering, Piątkowska 94 E, 60-649, Poznań, PolandPoznan University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Wojska Polskiego 75, 60-625, Poznań, PolandProduced in the process of anaerobic digestion, the effluent called digestate is rich in nutrients and can be used as a growing media for mushrooms. However, it can also be rich in non-essential and trace elements, heavy metals, various organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and other unwanted compounds with potential negative effects. Therefore, two button mushroom species, Agaricus bisporus (brown cultivar) and Agaricus subrufescens, were cultivated on digestate based substrate. The mineral composition of the experimental mushroom compost (EMC), mushrooms (M), spent mushroom compost (SMC) and spent casing (SC) was evaluated by means of ICP OES. Mineral distribution and quantity were substrate dependent, digestate origin was determined for most of investigated elements, excluding Ca, Mo, Pb, Ce and Nd, where the source was straw. However, content of elements with high mobility such as Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn for EMC was low. Short composting method for mushroom compost preparation used in this study could be suitable method for reducing available Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn and total As. For the casing material, bark was richer in major essential elements (MEE's) and essential trace elements (ETE's), besides Ca, where peat indicated higher content (1490 mg kg-1). From the trace elements with detrimental health effects (TEWDHE) group, bark was richer in Ba and Pb, but peat contained significant content of As (3.92 mg kg-1). The results clearly indicated both the studied mushrooms are valuable source of K, Na and Se, while A. subrufescens provided higher amounts of Cu and Zn. No threat for human consumption for Ni, Pb, As, and Cd, their content is under the limits and decreases with each subsequent mushroom yield. SMC and SC were nutrient rich especially for Fe, Mg, Mn, Si and Zn, giving them added value as biobased product for boosting vegetable crop yield. However, Cr and Ni, ETS's for plants in lower amounts, were elevated in SMC/SC, therefore the mineral composition should be monitored. Low concentration of hazardous elements in the spent substrates allows for subsequent use.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154324005556Chemical compositionElemental contentGrowing substrateAgaricus subrufescensAgaricus bisporus brown cultivarDietary intake
spellingShingle Agnieszka Jasinska
Ketil Stoknes
Przemyslaw Niedzielski
Anna Budka
Miroslaw Mleczek
Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Chemical composition
Elemental content
Growing substrate
Agaricus subrufescens
Agaricus bisporus brown cultivar
Dietary intake
title Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
title_full Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
title_fullStr Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
title_full_unstemmed Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
title_short Mushroom production on digestate: Mineral composition of cultivation compost, mushrooms, spent mushroom compost and spent casing
title_sort mushroom production on digestate mineral composition of cultivation compost mushrooms spent mushroom compost and spent casing
topic Chemical composition
Elemental content
Growing substrate
Agaricus subrufescens
Agaricus bisporus brown cultivar
Dietary intake
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154324005556
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