Mushroom cultivation worldwide is based mainly on three species: Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Lentinula edodes. Species can be classified based on how they obtain their nutrients: symbiotic, growing in ...

The nutritional value and biological properties of 24 samples of Chilean edible mushrooms were evaluated. The nutritional value was determined by measuring moisture, protein, fat, ash and carbohydrate contents. The biological ...

The production of new species of edible mushrooms is an innovative way to recycle agro-industrial wastes into food production. The genus Gymnopilus has a large number of xylophagous species being Gymnopilus pampeanus the ...

Careful cultivation of mushrooms is a key factor for good growth in your growth. There are over 12,000 species of mushrooms in the world, but not all are for food purposes, only two are for this purpose. The champignon ...

Grifola gargal Singer and Grifola sordulenta Mont. (Singer) are two edible and medicinal mushroom species which occur in the Andino- Patagonian forests of Argentina and Chile. These woods that mainly consist of Nothofagus ...

Pleurotus ostreatus fungus forms an edible mushroom that possesses important nutritional and medicinal properties. Selenium (Se) is essential to human diets and it is in low concentration in the soil, and consequently in ...