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An experiment was conducted to study the comparative efficiency of various substrates viz, wheat straw (Triticum aestivum l.), paddy straw (Oryza sativa l.), Sugarcane bagasses (Saccharum officinarum) (Saccharum straw) and Typha leaves (Typha angustifolia) and different supplements such as wheat bran, rice bran, neem cake and fenugreek bran on growth behavior and yield potential of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus djmor). In these investigations, higher mushroom yield with biological efficiency (BE) of 85 percent was obtained from wheat straw followed by paddy straw (62 percent biological efficiency). Wheat straw was further used as a substrate for different supplements observation. Wheat bran was recorded significantly superior supplement than other supplements and its biological efficiency was 90 percent. The spawn running, primordial initiation, and harvesting of the first flush were also early in wheat bran supplemented substrate where it completed in the 13 days, 17 days, and 21 days respectively