Table 5. Changes of hardness (g/cm²) in dried mushroom by different drying methods

Drying methods		Pleurotus eryngii	Lentinula edodes GNA01	Grifola frondosa
Control		109.07±28.00^1)b2)	132.74±33.92^e	125.97±37.31^e
Sun-drying		281.89±57.41^ab	372.45±64.73^a	542.85±83.51^a
Hot-air drying	40	175.87±55.14^ab	189.44±49.57^d	336.72±64.53^bcd
	50	191.86±45.67^ab	191.74±32.13^d	300.72±63.37^bcd
	60	209.67±48.79^ab	209.25±39.14^d	226.11±48.00^de
Low temperature vacuum drying	20	203.05±81.84^ab	309.33±100.87^b	392.62±66.17^bc
	25	208.51±89.17^ab	317.22±88.57^b	439.48±67.05^b
	30	229.73±80.33^ab	257.34±95.97^c	270.84±53.46^cde
Heat pump dehumidifying drying	30	187.95±76.83^ab	210.76±84.72^cd	362.70±80.25^bcd
	40	366.57±93.70^a	247.74±85.87^c	338.67±79.95^bcd
	50	414.31±103.96^a	308.08±106.05^b	329.67±89.64^bcd
Freeze Drying		237.44±49.86^ab	259.95±74.05^c	136.4±40.94^e

¹⁾All values represent mean±SD.
²⁾Means with different letters (^a-e) with in a column are significantly different (p<0.05).