The present study was an attempt on commercialization of shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes). For spawn production, the additive CaCo significantly enhanced the mycelial growth and basidiocarp 3 formation. The substrate Ill-filled paddy with additive CaCO enhanced the browning of mycelia (16.40 days), 3 basidiocarp formation (51.80 days), yield (360.70 g/kg) and biological efficiency (36.07 per...

Despite being a favorite delicacy, only 200-300 of the 5,000 known mushroom species have been clearly established to be safe for consumption. Cases of mushroom poisoning have been reported with diverse clinical syndromes. A syndromic classification of mushroom poisoning has recently been developed to facilitate early interventions. We present a series of five cases of mushroom poisoning with mu...

Despite the medicinal aspects of several mushrooms having been passed down through folklore in the Orient, the scientific study of these mushrooms to explore their biological properties has been initiated only within the past 20 years. A number of researchers have particularly focused their attention on one of these mushrooms called maitake (Grifola frondosa) mushroom. "Maitake" (pronounced "my...

We revise the current model of learning pattern recognition in the Mushroom Bodies of the insects using current experimental knowledge about the location of learning, olfactory coding and connectivity. We show that it is possible to have an efficient pattern recognition device based on the architecture of the Mushroom Bodies, sparse code, mutual inhibition and Hebbian leaning only in the connec...

The levels of ergothioneine (ERG), which have been shown to act as an excellent antioxidant, were determined in both fruiting bodies and mycelia of various mushroom species. We found that ERG accumulated at different levels in fruiting bodies of mushrooms and showed up to a 92.3-fold difference between mushrooms. We also found that ERG accumulated at higher levels in mycelia than in fruiting bo...

Camgaroos are yellow fluorescent protein derivatives that hold promise as transgenically encoded calcium sensors in behaving animals. We expressed two versions of camgaroo in Drosophila mushroom bodies using the galactosidase-4 (GAL4) system. Potassium depolarization of brains expressing the reporters produces a robust increase in fluorescence that is blocked by removing extracellular calcium o...

Promoting neurogenesis is a promising strategy for the treatment of cognition impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ganoderma lucidum is a revered medicinal mushroom for health-promoting benefits in the Orient. Here, we found that oral administration of the polysaccharides and water extract from G. lucidum promoted neural progenitor cell (NPC) proliferation to enhance neurogenesi...

P eople have harvested mushrooms from the wild for thousands of years for food and medicines. Of the estimated 1.5 million species of fungi, about 10,000 produce the fruiting bodies we call mushrooms. While commercial harvesting of wild mushrooms continues today, most of the world’s supply comes from commercial mushroom growers. The Chinese first cultivated shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms...

The effect of different cooking and preservation methods on the nutritional and phytochemical composition of the mushroom, Amanita zambiana, was investigated. Fresh mushrooms were boiled in water, fried, or microwaved. In addition, fresh mushrooms were either air-dried for 7 days or frozen at -20°C for 14 days. The protein, lipid, carbohydrate, and phenolic content of the treated mushrooms were...

A water model with a low temperature (-170 ) gas blow °C -in system was established to simulate the phenolmena inside a steelmaking furnace, to investigate the effects of gas bottom blowing conditions on the shape and dimensions of the mushroom formation, sitting on the gas tuyeres. It was observed that ice mushroom formations in the shape of cones with hollow channels for gas flow through were...