PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS

Agaricus blazei

Agaricus blazei grows wild in meadows frequented by wild horses in a mountainous region of Brazil & in the South-East of the United States ...

Auricularia auricula- judae

Auricularia grows on trunk& branches of broad-leaved trees in autumn and winter in temperate zones; it is a very common species and prefers ...

Coprinus comatus

very common edible oil that grows in meadows in the presence of calcareous soils rich in organic substance. The young and barely ...

Cordyceps sinensis

The Cordyceps sinensis grows exclusively in the meadows of the Himalayan plateau at an altitude between 3,500 and 5,000 meters; ..

Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum, Reishi in Japanese and Ling zhi in Chinese, is the most important medicinal mushroom; used ...

Grifola frondosa (Maitake)

Edible mushroom that grows in late summer & autumn at the base of broad-leaved tree stumps in areas with a temperate climate...

Hericium erinaceus

Also called lion's mane, it has a white color and rounded shape with compact filaments that hang downwards. It grows spontaneously ...

Lentinus edodes (Shiitake)

Lentinus edodes grows wild on oak and chestnut stumps in Japan, China and Korea and is commonly known by the Japanese name Shiitake ....

Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus is a decomposing fungus that grows mainly on willow and poplar stumps in autumn and winter with an initially blue-gray color ...

Polyporus umbellatus

Edible saprophytic mushroom that grows in summer and autumn mainly in beech, chestnut and oak woods with a bushy appearance similar to ...

Poria cocos

Hypogeal mushroom with an appearance similar to a truffle but of considerable size; lives tied to the roots of conifers, it develops in late summer ...

Trametes versicolor

TRAMETES VERSICOLOR Coriolus versicolor Small ubiquitous decomposer mushroom that grows on trunks and branches mainly...