ABSTRACT Lentinus tigrinus is a significant edible and medicinal mushroom. It was collected from University of the Punjab, Lahore under Morus tree. For domestication this wild species, its three parameters i.e., culturability, spawn production cultivation potential were assessed using different synthetic culture media substrates. Completely randomized design used to determine all effects evalua...

The research evaluated the interactions of two main factors (strain / types of spawn) on various parameters with the purpose to assess its effect on yield and biochemical composition of Lentinula edodes fruiting bodies cultivated on pasteurized wheat straw. The evaluation was made with four strains (IE-40, IE-105, IE-124 and IE-256). Different types of spawns were prepared: Control (C) (millet ...

Lentinus crinitus (L. ex Fr.) Fr. is a mushroom which is widespread in Eastern Africalf2), but so far it has not been studied for its secondary metabolites. The strain was collected in Kaffa, Ethiopia, where it grows on dead wood. Culture extract of the fungus showed antimicrobial activity, and the new metabolite 1-desoxy-hypnophilin 1 and the known hypnophilin 2 were isolated as the most activ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study was to investigate whether the Basidiomycetes fungus Lentinula edodes can biosynthesize Se-methyl-seleno-l-cysteine, a seleno-amino acid with strong anticancer activity, and to optimize the culture conditions for its biosynthesis. We hypothesize that preparations obtained from Se-methyl-seleno-l-cysteine-enriched mycelia from this medicinal mushroom would...

The prevalence and mycopathogenic potential of Enterobacteriaceae (especially Ewingella americana) in cultivated mushrooms were studied. A total of 95 samples of Agaricus bisporus, Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus ostreatus were analyzed to quantify the Enterobacteriaceae and to identify the species isolated. The host pathogenicity test was used to verify their mycopathogenic potential. The genus...