Mushrooms
eBook - ePub

Mushrooms

Cultivation, Nutritional Value, Medicinal Effect, and Environmental Impact

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mushrooms

Cultivation, Nutritional Value, Medicinal Effect, and Environmental Impact

About this book

Since the publication of the first edition, important developments have emerged in modern mushroom biology and world mushroom production and products. The relationship of mushrooms with human welfare and the environment, medicinal properties of mushrooms, and the global marketing value of mushrooms and their products have all garnered great attenti

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2004
eBook ISBN
9781135515775
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Biology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Chapter 1 Overview
  7. Chapter 2 The Nutritional Attributes of Edible Mushrooms
  8. Chapter 3 Medicinal Value
  9. Chapter 4 Overview of the Biology of Fungi
  10. Chapter 5 Substrate and Mycelial Growth
  11. Chapter 6 Sexuality and the Genetics of Basidiomycetes
  12. Chapter 7 Mushroom Formation: Effects of Environmental, Nutritional, and Chemical Factors
  13. Chapter 8 Mushroom Formation: Effects of Genetic Factors; Breeding
  14. Chapter 9 Mushroom Formation: Effect of Pests and Diseases in Mushroom Cultivation
  15. Chapter 10 Culture Preservation
  16. Chapter 11 World Production of Edible Mushrooms
  17. Chapter 12 Agaricus — The Leader in Production and Technology
  18. Chapter 13 Lentinula — A Mushrooming Mushroom
  19. Chapter 14 Volvariella — A High-Temperature Cultivated Mushroom
  20. Chapter 15 Flammulina and Pholiota — Low-Temperature Cultivated Mushrooms
  21. Chapter 16 Pleurotus — A Mushroom of Broad Adaptability
  22. Chapter 17 Tremella — Increased Production by a Mixed Culture Technique
  23. Chapter 18 Dictyophora — Formerly for the Few
  24. Chapter 19 Ganoderma lucidum — A Leader of Medicinal Mushrooms
  25. Chapter 20 Agaricus blazei and Grifola frondosa — Two Important Medicinal Mushrooms
  26. Chapter 21 Other Cultivated Mushrooms — Their Number Grows
  27. Chapter 22 Technology and Mushrooms
  28. Glossary
  29. Index