9 10 Abstract 11 12 Widespread commercial harvesting of wild edible mushrooms from the forests of the Pacific Northwest United States 13 (PNW-US) began 10–15 years ago. A large proportion of suitable forest habitat in this region is managed by the Forest Service 14 (US Department of Agriculture) and Bureau of Land Management (US Department of the Interior). These lands are managed 15 under an e...

32 Background 33 Drugs dedicated to alleviate neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s have 34 always been associated with debilitating side effects. Medicinal mushrooms which harness 35 neuropharmacological compounds offer a potential possibility for protection against such 36 diseases. Pleurotus giganteus (formerly known as Panus giganteus) has been consumed by the 37 indig...