with water vapour (100% RH), while in the humidity-regulating
trays excess moisture from mushroom transpiration was absorbed
by the tray, thereby maintaining 93% RH throughout 6 days of
storage (Fig. 6). Furthermore, Bi et al. (2014) investigated the effect
of moisture absorbers inside MA-packaged mushrooms (Pleurotus
ostreastus). The authors reported that packages with the use of
moisture absorbers RH rapidly increased and was stable at 95%
after 36 h, while in packages without moisture absorbers the air
was saturated (100% RH) after 48 h. This was consistent with the
observation in this study.