Penggunaan Beberapa Macam Limbah Tumbuhan sebagai Media Tumbuh Jamur Merang ( Volvariella Volvaceae )

Volvariella volvaceae (Bull. Ex. Fr) or merang mushroom is the first consumption mushrooms that can be cultivated.Cultivating Merang Mushrom, requires growing medium that contains cellulose. Rice straw as a medium for growing merang mushrooms is getting lessen howadays, so to keep the continuity of merang mushroom production it needs an alternative media that have the same quality as rice straw. Dried banana leaves and corn stalks are remnant from agricultural production, while weeds are the weeds on agricultural land. these materials may be can used as an alternative media to replace rice straw in growing merang mushroom. This research was conducted in Merawan, Tapen district at Bondowoso Regency. The method of the research carries out with the basic pattern of Completely Randomized Design (CRD) that consist of single treatment that is planting medium consists of seven levels of growing rice straw media (M0), dried banana leaves media (M1), dried banana leaf + rice straw medium (M2), corn stalks media (M3), corn stalks + rice straw medium (M4), weeds media (M5), and weeds + rice straw medium (M6) with four repetition, then further test used Duncan test level 5%. It can be seen that production weigth, and toral number of fruit, the best result obtain on rice straw media treatment (M0), while corn stalks media (M3) can be used as priority alternative for replace rice straw because the total production is risen comparity to the other alternative growing media treatment. Keywords: mushroom, mushroom growing media, waste plan