Table 1. Changes of color value in dried Pleurotus eryngii by different drying methods

Drying methods		Hunter value¹⁾
Drying methods		L^*	a^*	b^*
Control		91.91±0.88^2)a3)	-0.44±0.13^ab	8.90±0.21^e
Sun-drying		90.06±0.86^a	0.08±0.13^a	13.26±0.74^cd
Hot-air drying	40	91.52±0.09^a	-1.12±0.11^c	14.27±0.68^bc
	50	92.22±0.94^a	-1.85±0.11^d	14.18±0.11^bc
	60	91.77±0.65^a	-1.52±0.28^cd	12.88±0.94^cd
Low temperature vacuum drying	20	91.63±0.45^a	-0.94±0.10^bc	12.86±0.19^cd
	25	91.17±0.63^a	-0.99±0.14^bc	13.93±0.13^bc
	30	86.25±0.21^b	-1.14±0.11^c	17.55±1.50^a
Heat pump dehumidifying drying	30	85.55±0.63^b	-1.34±0.14^cd	16.88±0.20^ab
	40	90.44±0.81^a	-0.15±0.27^a	14.10±0.54^bc
	50	83.98±0.12^b	0.17±0.53^a	19.29±0.82^a
Freeze drying		92.00±0.33^a	-0.89±0.17^bc	10.32±1.00^de

¹⁾L^*, lightness; a^*, redness; b^*, yellowness.
²⁾All values represent mean±SD.
³⁾Means with different letters (^a-e) with in a column are significantly different (p<0.05).