Screening for Phenoloxidases from Edible Mushrooms

A screening test for phenoloxidases from edible mushrooms was done on potato dextrose agar plates that contained phenolic chemicals. Many edible mushrooms showed positive reactions on the agar plates. Among them, Auricularia auricula-judae, Clitocybe nebularis, Lentinus edodes, Pholiota aurivella, and Pseudohiatula oshimae produced a considerable amount of phenoloxidases, and these enzymes showed maximum activities in the acidic pH region.     

Mushroom strains able to grow at high temperatures and low pH values

Seven strains of edible mushrooms were studied with regard to mycelial growth on different growth media and culture conditions. Medium WDA (wheat/dextrose/agar) promoted higher rates of mycelial growth for all the mushrooms investigated. The majority of the strains presented higher growth rates at 30°C, but only Lentinus edodes kept maximum rates at low pH (pH 4.0), followed by Stropharia rugosoannulata and Pleurotus ostreatus (pH 5.0). Absence of light favoured rapid mycelium development in all the strains tested.     

食用蕈菌硒多糖研究进展

食用蕈菌硒多糖是无机硒与蕈菌多糖结合而成的有机硒化合物,兼有二者的活性。该文综述了食用蕈菌硒多糖的组成分析、提取、分离纯化以及生理功能、应用现状等方面的研究进展。     

“食用菌产量和品质形成的分子机理及调控”项目简介——食用菌产业发展与技术创新的科学基础

食用菌以子实体为收获物,是优质蛋白的重要来源,我国重要的食物安全战略产业,已经成为我国粮、菜、果、油之后的第五大产值农作物,2013年产量3 169.68万吨（中国食用菌协会统计）,直接产值1 707亿元,间接产值6 828亿元,从业人口逾2 000万。我国食用菌产量已占全球总产量的75%以上。但是,与食用菌产业相关的基础科学研究严重匮乏,对产量和品质形成的关键科学问题研究的空白,严重制约着我国食用菌育种和栽培等产业技术的创新,导致单产低、质量差,产业链难以延长,产业效益持续下降,产业升级艰难。科学基础研究的缺乏,已经成为食用菌产业发展的瓶颈。2014年立项的国家重点基础研究发展计划（973）项目“食用菌产量和品质形成的分子机理及调控”（2014CB138300）,紧紧抓住困扰我国食用菌产业发展的科学问题,开展食用菌高效利用木质纤维素的分子机制、食用菌子实体形成发育的调控机理、食用菌温度响应的分子机制、食用菌活性物质及其合成代谢的分子基础和食用菌优异种质性状形成的遗传基础研究,拟阐释食用菌子实体形成的营养利用与遗传调控机制、食用菌抗逆性的温度响应机制和食用菌活性物质的合成代谢调控机理。构建食用菌科学理论体系,为食用菌产业关键技术创新奠定科学基础,为优质高产提供理论指导,为延长产业链,提高产业效益提供科学路径。     

Production of edible mushrooms in forests: trends in development of a mycosilviculture

Developing the production of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) mushrooms in forest has become a challenge. Only a few ECM species are currently cultivable. Controlled mycorrhization practices offer promising advance to produce currently uncultivable ECM mushrooms. The persistence of the production of edible species, either cultivated or wild, depends on both the tree and the ecological environment (fungal communities, climate, soil, tree development). Developing adapted forest management practices appears to be means to improve production of edible ECM mushrooms. This review summarises current knowledge on the development of a science-based mycosilviculture for the production of edible ECM mushrooms.     

Use of molecular markers for differentiation of cultivated strains of oyster and button mushrooms

Analysis of commercial strains of two edible mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus and Agaricus bisporus, using PCR and isozyme electrophoresis techniques allowed us to differentiate groups of genetically similar and distant strains. Among the commercial strains of P. ostreatus, the level of genetic variation was higher suggesting a broader genetic basis employed in breeding of this mushroom. The cultivars and hybrids of, A. bisporus, showed a higher level of homology. The isozyme markers (nonspecific esterase, leucinaminopeptidase, and phosphoglucoisomerase) are recommended for identification of the commercial strains of edible mushrooms.     

Macro and trace mineral constituents and radionuclides in mushrooms: health benefits and risks

This article reviews and updates data on macro and trace elements and radionuclides in edible wild-grown and cultivated mushrooms. A huge biodiversity of mushrooms and spread of certain species over different continents makes the study on their multi-element constituents highly challenging. A few edible mushrooms are widely cultivated and efforts are on to employ them (largely Agaricus spp., Pleurotus spp., and Lentinula edodes) in the production of selenium-enriched food (mushrooms) or nutraceuticals (by using mycelia) and less on species used by traditional medicine, e.g., Ganoderma lucidum. There are also attempts to enrich mushrooms with other elements than Se and a good example is enrichment with lithium. Since minerals of nutritional value are common constituents of mushrooms collected from natural habitats, the problem is however their co-occurrence with some hazardous elements including Cd, Pb, Hg, Ag, As, and radionuclides. Discussed is also the problem of erroneous data on mineral compounds determined in mushrooms.     

Differentiation between Commercial Strains of Oyster and Button Mushrooms Using Molecular Markers

Analysis of commercial strains of two edible mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus and Agaricus bisporus, using PCR and isozyme electrophoresis techniques allowed us to differentiate groups of genetically similar and distant strains. Among the commercial strains of P. ostreatus, the level of genetic variation was higher suggesting a broader genetic basis employed in breeding of this mushroom. The cultivars and hybrids of A. bisporusshowed a higher level of homology. The isozyme markers (nonspecific esterase, leucinaminopeptidase, and phosphoglucoisomerase) are recommended for identification of the commercial strains of edible mushrooms.     

MSP-PCR and RAPD molecular biomarkers to characterize<Emphasis Type="Italic">Amanita ponderosa</Emphasis> mushrooms

Amanita ponderosa is a specie of wild edible mushrooms growing spontaneously in some Mediterranean microclimates, namely in Alentejo and Andaluzia, in the Iberian Peninsula. The nutritional values of these fungi make them highly exportable. Due to the wide diversity of mushrooms in nature, it is essential to differentiate and to identify the various edible species. RAPD markers have been used as a valuable tool to distinguish the different genotypes, although this method has not yet been used toAmanita ponderosa. Two methods were used to establish different genetic fingerprinting patterns of edible mushrooms. Samples ofAmanita ponderosa were collected in six different regions of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula and compared by RAPD-PCR and MSP-PCR. Additionally, to compare molecular profiles with others genera of edible mushrooms, three species of Basidiomycetes (Pleurotus ostreatus, Lactarius deliciosus andCoriolus versicolor) and an Ascomycete were used. Results showed that some molecular markers discriminate among an Ascomycete from Basidiomycetes (Amanita ponderosa, Pleurotus ostreatus, Lactarius deliciosus andCoriolus versicolor) and discriminate among the different genera within basidiomycetes, as it is expected. Moreover, OPF-6, OPG-2, OPG3 and M13 primes allowed to unravel a level of genetic polymorphism withinAmanita ponderosa mushrooms collected from different geographic origin.     

我国食用菌遗传学的发展及展望

食用菌遗传学是食用菌学科体系的重要分支之一,40年来我国食用菌遗传学研究紧密围绕为育种服务、最新分子生物学技术的应用和生产实践中的科学问题的解决等主题开展了众多科学活动.为了促进食用菌遗传学研究的系统性和全面性,本文梳理出9个方面的研究主题,主要包括食用菌种质资源调查和地方品种研究、食用菌农艺性状控制基因定位和分子辅助...     

Pseudomonas tolaasii control by kasugamycin in cultivated mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)

Pseudomonas tolaasii , causing brown blotch disease on the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus , was effectively controlled by kasugamycin. An artificial infection was first established in the first flush, by inoculating the button-sized mushrooms of the first flush with a suspension of Ps. tolaasii. A 1% aqueous solution of kasugamycin supplied on the button-sized mushrooms of the second flush drastically reduced bacterial blotch symptoms on these mushrooms at picking stage. Disease incidence in the second flush in the control treatment (inoculated with Ps. tolaasii ) was composed of 18% lightly, 29% moderately and 10% heavily affected mushrooms, which totalled up to 57% affected. The 1% kasugamycin treatment significantly reduced total disease incidence to only 9% (lightly) affected. Single sodium hypochlorite treatments showed no result.     

Explaining Dioscorides' "double difference": why are some mushrooms poisonous, and do they signal their unprofitability?

The adaptive significance of toxins in mushrooms has received very little consideration, although it is clear that poisons have appeared (and/or disappeared) many times in mushrooms' evolutionary history. One possibility is that poisons have evolved in some mushroom species to deter their consumption by would-be fungivores before spore dispersal. If this is so, then one might expect poisonous mushrooms to signal their unprofitability in some way. In this study, we have conducted the first formal analysis of the ecological and morphological traits associated with edible and poisonous mushrooms in North America and Europe. Poisonous mushrooms do not tend to be more colorful or aggregated than edible mushrooms, but they are more likely to exhibit distinctive odors even when phylogenetic relationships are accounted for. This raises the intriguing possibility that some poisonous species of mushrooms have evolved warning odors (and perhaps tastes) to enhance avoidance learning by fungivores.     

中国菌根食用菌名录

菌根食用菌是一个未被合理利用的非木质林产品类群。通过文献和数据调研,本名录共收录532个中国菌根食用菌分类单元,它们隶属于28科62属,包括子囊菌门的39个分类单元以及担子菌门的493个分类单元。其中红菇科和牛肝菌科种类最丰富,红菇属、乳菇属、枝瑚菌属、蜡伞属、乳牛肝菌属、口蘑属、块菌属、牛肝菌属、鹅膏菌属和丝膜菌属是我国菌根食用菌的代表属。本研究揭示了我国菌根食用菌的多样性,并对我国菌根食用菌持续发展给予了初步建议。     

贵州施秉云台山大型真菌生态调查

在贵州省施秉县云台山国家级自然保护区采集并鉴定了大型真菌55科,132属,261种。其中腐生菌195种,菌根菌59种,虫生菌7种。包括贵州省新记录种22种,食用菌85种,药用菌74种,有毒种类21种。     

A review on the nucleic acid constituents in mushrooms: nucleobases,nucleosides and nucleotides

Mushrooms have become increasingly important as a reliable food source. They have also been recognized as an important source of bioactive compounds of high nutritional and medicinal values. The nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides found in mushrooms play important roles in the regulation of various physiological processes in the human body via the purinergic and/or pyrimidine receptors. Cordycepin, a 3′-deoxyadenosine found in Cordyceps sinensis has received much attention as it possesses many medicinal values including anticancer properties. In this review, we provide a broad overview of the distribution of purine nucleobases (adenine and guanine); pyrimidine nucleobases (cytosine, uracil, and thymine); nucleosides (uridine, guanosine, adenosine and cytidine); as well as novel nucleosides/tides in edible and nonedible mushrooms. This review also discusses the latest research focusing on the successes, challenges, and future perspectives of the analytical methods used to determine nucleic acid constituents in mushrooms. Besides, the exotic taste and flavor of edible mushrooms are attributed to several nonvolatile and water-soluble substances, including the 5′-nucleotides. Therefore, we also discuss the total flavor 5′-nucleotides: 5′-guanosine monophosphate (5′-GMP), 5′-inosine monophosphate (5′-IMP), and 5′-xanthosine monophosphate (5′-XMP) in edible mushrooms.     

Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus and other edible mushrooms

Pleurotus ostreatus is the second most cultivated edible mushroom worldwide after Agaricus bisporus. It has economic and ecological values and medicinal properties. Mushroom culture has moved toward diversification with the production of other mushrooms. Edible mushrooms are able to colonize and degrade a large variety of lignocellulosic substrates and other wastes which are produced primarily through the activities of the agricultural, forest, and food-processing industries. Particularly, P. ostreatus requires a shorter growth time in comparison to other edible mushrooms. The substrate used for their cultivation does not require sterilization, only pasteurization, which is less expensive. Growing oyster mushrooms convert a high percentage of the substrate to fruiting bodies, increasing profitability. P. ostreatus demands few environmental controls, and their fruiting bodies are not often attacked by diseases and pests, and they can be cultivated in a simple and cheap way. All this makes P. ostreatus cultivation an excellent alternative for production of mushrooms when compared to other mushrooms.     

食用菌栽培种类野生种质的评价

我国是食用菌野生种质资源丰富的国家,目前已查明自然分布可栽培野生种类93种,分布于担子菌的33个属。我国人工栽培种类近70种（变种）,不同规模栽培有50种,商业规模栽培33种,分布于5目,12科,18属。与绿色植物的自养型光合作用合成有机物质相反,食用菌将植物光合作用合成的有机物分解,以体壁吸收方式摄取营养建造自身。这种生理特点的不同,导致其种质资源评价要求的不同。由于子实体形态相对于绿色植物简单,且易受环境条件的影响,常常导致以形态特征为主要依据进行分类鉴定陷入困境。另一方面,形态相似的多个可栽培近缘种在侧耳（Pleurotus）、木耳（Auricularia）、蜜环菌（Armillaria）等中广泛存在,完全靠形态特征进行分类鉴定就更加困难。因此,在食用菌可栽培种类野生种质评价中,ITS测序等成为获得菌种生物学种的常用鉴定技术。菌种的分离培养中常受到菌落形态相似真菌的污染,RAPD、ISSR或ITS测序等常用来进行菌种符合性鉴定。食用菌孢子传播的特点,使其分布地理区域广泛,地理区域的隔离产生种内的个体或群体间的差异,形成种群的多样性,常用拮抗反应进行营养亲和群（个体、菌株）的鉴定。不同区域气候和生态条件下的个体,长期的进化和对环境条件适应性的形成,导致可栽培利用的特点不同。栽培性状要通过栽培试验进行评价。栽培性状主要包括菌丝长速、温度反应、结实性、丰产性、抗性、商品形态和耐贮运性等。为了充分利用远缘优势,对于具可利用栽培性状的种质还需要与栽培菌株间的遗传距离分析,通常用生物化学和分子生物学方法进行。     

Mushroom diversity in sustainable shade tea forest and the effect of fire damage

A survey of the biodiversity of wild macrofungi, including edible species yields, was carried out from 1 May to 30 September 2007 at four different forest types (in mainly Miang tea forest). The plots 100 m², comprised a tea garden with a few planted canopy tree species (37.2% canopy cover), a cultivated sustainable tea forest (80.2% canopy cover), an abandoned sustainable tea forest (89.8% canopy cover), and an abandoned sustainable tea forest that had suffered fire damage (72.9% canopy cover). All visible mushrooms were collected during weekly forays. Macro-characters of the fungi were annotated and photographed by digital camera and the fungi were identified to genera and morphospecies (e.g. Agaricus sp.1, Agaricus sp.2). The fresh weight of wild edible mushrooms produced in the plots was also recorded during this period. The biodiversity of macrofungi in abandoned sustainable tea forest was highest with 115 species in 47 genera, followed by cultivated sustainable tea forest with 85 species in 42 genera and fire damaged abandoned sustainable tea forest with 48 species in 25 genera, while only 19 species belonging to 15 genera were found in the tea garden. Twenty-one species belonging to nine genera with a total of 60.9 kg of edible fungi were collected throughout this study. The fresh weight of edible mushrooms was recorded with the highest fresh weight (25.3 kg) collected from the abandoned sustainable tea forest, followed by 18.2 kg in the cultivated sustainable tea forest, while in the fire damaged sustainable tea forest 16.4 kg were collected and only 1 kg was collected in the tea garden. Abandoned sustainable tea forest contained a greater shade tree biodiversity and higher canopy cover than other plots. This area has a generally higher humidity, a greater ground litter cover, a greater number of microhabitats, a greater number of trees that can form mycorrhizal associations and this probably accounts for the higher diversity of macrofungi and production of edible mushrooms. The fire damaged sustainable tea forest had lower mushroom diversity and edible mushroom production possibly due to the loss of litter and lower tree diversity. The tea garden supported a poor diversity of mushrooms and almost no edible mushrooms. Shade tea forest (Miang tea forest) is a good method to produce tea in a sustainable way as it maintains diversity of mushrooms and other organisms and could be developed as an alternative to shade coffee.     

Key taste components in two wild edible Boletus mushrooms using widely targeted metabolomics

Compounds from wild edible mushrooms has been reported to exert biological activities and contribute to the different flavors of mushrooms in our diet. Wild edible Boletus mushrooms are popular in Southwest China. In this study, we performed ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS/MS) based on widely targeted metabolomics analysis to identify key components. A total of 194 metabolites (113 upregulated, 81 downregulated) divided into 11 groups (49 metabolites in group lipids, 34 in amino acids and derivatives, 30 in organic acids, 18 in phenolic acids, 16 in nucleotides and derivatives, 13 in alkaloids, 6 in flavonoids, 3 in lignans and coumarins, 3 in tannins, 2 in terpenoids, and 20 in others) were found among Boletus bainiugan compared with B. subsplendidus. Through clustering analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and orthogonal signal correction and partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), different metabolites from fruiting bodies were clearly identified. Significant differences were observed in the metabolites between Boletus bainiugan and B. subsplendidus. These metabolites are involved in important biological functions. Our results provide new insights into important metabolites and theoretical basis for the taste difference of two wild edible Boletus mushrooms.     

枯草芽孢杆菌在琼脂平板上进行的自然遗传转化

本文对发生在琼脂平板上的枯草芽孢杆菌自然遗传转化进行了初步的研究。结果表明,在相同条件下,该菌在琼脂平板上的自然转化率明显高于传统液体转化,并且转化反应对ＤＮａｓｅ 的抗性增强,通常被认为不能建立感受态的ＬＢ 培养物当涂布到平板上后也很快具有了自然转化的能力,说明在固相物表面进行的转化过程与传统的液体法存在一定的差异。在琼脂平板上,也能观察到具不同遗传标记的菌株间进行的细胞间自然转化。