Table 1. Number of collected samples by button mushroom production stages, sample type, and farms

Production stages Sample type n Farms
A B C D
Raw materials (n=33)
Rice straw 6 3 - - 3
Wheat straw 6 3 - - 3
Heaped rice straw 3 - 3 - -
Heaped wheat straw 3 - - 3 -
Chicken manure 12 3 3 3 3
Liquid fertilizer 3 - - 3 -
Subtotal 33 9 6 9 9
Composting with pasteurization (n=72)
Compost stack 12 3 3 3 3
1st turned compost 12 3 3 3 3
2nd turned compost 12 3 3 3 3
3rd turned compost 12 3 3 3 3
4th turned compost 12 3 3 3 3
Pasteurized compost 12 3 3 3 3
Subtotal 72 18 18 18 18
Fruiting (n=33)
Spawn 9 - 3 3 3
Colonized bed 12 3 3 3 3
Casing soil 12 3 3 3 3
Subtotal 33 6 9 9 9
Harvesting (n=60)
Casing soil layer 12 3 3 3 3
Harvested mushroom 12 3 3 3 3
Knife 12 3 3 3 3
Basket 12 3 3 3 3
Gloves 12 3 3 3 3
Subtotal 60 15 15 15 15
Packaging (n=36)
Bench 12 3 3 3 3
Scale 12 3 3 3 3
Packaged mushrooms 12 3 3 3 3
Subtotal 36 9 9 9 9
Total (n=234) 57 57 60 60