General Description of the Most Important Medicinal Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms. 1.

1 January 1999

journal article
Published by Begell House in International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Vol. 1 (4) , 351-370
https://doi.org/10.1615/intjmedmushr.v1.i4.80

Abstract

This article contains detailed general mycological information on a number of universally recognized and medicinally valuable higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms: Auricularia auricula-judae (L. :Fr.) Wettst., Tremella fuciformis Berk., T. mesenterica Retz.: Fr., Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst., Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Kumm., P. pulmonarius (Fr.: Fr.) Quel. (=P. sajorcaju), and Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing. Their biological and ethnomycological properties, taxonomy, morphology, anatomy, description, cultural characteristics, distribution, critical notes, and some medicinal properties are presented. Selected literature is cited on all seven species.

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