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Natural and artificial variations (e.g. growing conditions and preparation) can also effect the species' medicinal value. [citation needed] Studies in mice have shown that G. tsugae shows several potential medicinal benefits including anti-tumor activity through some of the active polysaccharides found in G. tsugae.
Ischnoderma resinosum is a species of fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae.Commonly known as the late fall polypore, resinous polypore, or benzoin bracket, this shelf mushroom is 7–25 cm (3–10 in) across, velvety, dark red/brown, darkening and forming zones in age. [1]
Mushrooms grow well at relative humidity levels of around 95–100%, and substrate moisture levels of 50 to 75%. [1] Instead of seeds, mushrooms reproduce through spores. Spores can be contaminated with airborne microorganisms, which will interfere with mushroom growth and prevent a healthy crop.
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus, commonly known as the gilled bolete, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae.Like other species in the genus, it has a lamellate (gilled) hymenium and forms a mycorrhizal association with the roots of living trees, specifically beech and oak in North and Central America.
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, commonly known as the big sheath mushroom, rose-gilled grisette, or stubble rosegill, is a species of mushroom in the family Pluteaceae.For most of the 20th century it has been known under the names Volvariella gloiocephala or V. speciosa, but recent molecular studies have placed it as the type species of the genus Volvopluteus, newly created in 2011.
Hypholoma lateritium, sometimes called brick cap, chestnut mushroom, [1] cinnamon cap, brick top, red woodlover or kuritake, [2] is a fungal species in the genus Hypholoma, which also contains the poisonous species Hypholoma fasciculare and the edible Hypholoma capnoides. Its fruiting bodies are generally larger than either of these.
Some species also grow in colder climates and across mountainous terrain. To ensure a continuous supply of the food year-round, many types of mushrooms are also commercially grown in climate ...
Calocybe gambosa, commonly known as St. George's mushroom, is an edible mushroom that grows mainly in fields, grass verges and roadsides. Deriving its common name from when it first appears in the UK, namely on St George's Day (23 April).