The most common bacterial diseases of mushrooms are the brown blotch caused by Pseudomonas tolaasii and ginger ‘gingeri’. Protection against infections consists in ensuring an appropriate microclimate cultivation rooms. aim study was to assess severity symptoms depending on amount irrigating water mushroom cultivation. crop infected with a suspension cells as equivalent application 2.6 × 107 10...

Mushrooms are highly nutritive, low-calorie food with good quality proteins, vitamins and minerals. Mushrooms are an important natural source of foods and medicines. Traditional aboriginals knew the medicinal importance of edible and wild mushrooms and these are now being screened for their bioactivity in various ailments. Mushroom represents a major and untapped source of potent new pharmaceut...

Fatigue is the symptom of tiredness caused by physical and/or psychological stresses. As fatigue is becoming a serious problem in the modern society affecting human health, work efficiency, and quality of life, effective antifatigue remedies other than pharmacological drugs or therapies are highly needed. Mushrooms have been widely used as health foods, because of their various bioactive consti...

A study on 137Cs pollution and activity concentrations of 40K in mushrooms of the genera Cortinarius, Leccinum, Russula, Tricholoma, Tylopilus, and Xerocomus from two neighboring regions in southwest China in 2010-2013 revealed different patterns of pollution with 137Cs, which seemed to be highly dependent on climate conditions. Tricholoma matsutake was collected in Yunnan before and after the ...

The genets of Suillus granulatus in a Pinus strobus stand (13 m × 60 m) were identified using random amplified polymorphic DNA molecular markers and the DNA of mushrooms that fruited for two years, and variations in genet size and distribution were analyzed. From a total of 116 mushrooms, 73 genets were identified and were grouped into three locations. The genets of mushrooms in close proximity...

Background: Pesticides are one of the important sources of environmental pollution that influence human health. The aim of current study was to determine diazinon and benomyl residues levels in mushrooms grown in greenhouses. Methods: Mushroom samples were obtained from 10 active greenhouses of Hamadan Province, Iran, every 14 days from May 2014. The absorbance of diazinon and benomyl were me...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of Ganoderma applanatum, Tricholoma giganteum and Bolbitius vitellinus. The methanolic extract of basidiocarps and mycelial mat of all the above mentioned mushrooms was analyzed. The methanolic extracts were tested against three Gram positive, six Gram negative bacteria and two fungal cultures. Out of three mushrooms Ganoderma ...