The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

The influence of ten agro-residues, ie, wheat straw (WS), poplar wood sawdust (PWS),
grape pomace (GP), beech wood shavings (BWS), cotton cake (CK), corn cobs (CC), coffee …

As a group of highly specialized fungi, mushrooms are known for a number of properties—
biological, chemical and biochemical. In nature, about 2000 edible species are known, of …

A comparative study on various components of nutritional interest, such as water, protein,
total amino acids, ash and minerals, in mushrooms of different species (Pleurotus ostreatus …

Cultivated oyster mushrooms (genus Pleurotus) are interesting as a source of biologically
active glucans. Partially, β-glucan from Pleurotus sp.(pleuran) has been used as food …

Atherosclerosis is an impairment of the artery walls made up of two membrane layers, intima
and media. Oxidative stress, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are the three main …

Ten selected wild and commercial strains of Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus eryngii,
Pleurotus pulmonarius, Agrocybe aegerita and Volvariella volvacea were cultivated on three …

Pleurotus citrinopileatus Sing.(Lentinaceae) was successfully cultivated and commercially
available in Taiwan. The ethanolic, cold and hot water extracts were prepared from P …

Three species ofPleurotus, P. sajor-caju, P. platypus and P. citrinopileatus were cultivated
on different agro-wastes: cotton stalk, coir fibre, sorghum stover and mixtures of these …

The cultivation of white rot edible fungus Pleurotus florida was performed in polybags. The
corn cob was employed as basal substrate while eight different additives such as urea …