Biology of Macrofungi

Description

Mushrooms are fleshy fungi with a high prospective for the production of secondary metabolites including extracellular enzymes with high agricultural and biotechnological significance. Worldwide, they are well recognized as supplementary foods due to their high nutritional values and their medicinal importance, which includes their uses in exhibiting antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, immune enhancer, and to be effective for the treatment of several diseases including diabetes and few types of cancers as well. According to recent studies, extracellular enzymes produced by several white-rot fungal strains such as Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Pleurotus sajor-caju and several mushrooms have shown a high capacity to decolorize dyes that are very harmful for the environment. Moreover, wild macrofungi have the capability to synthesize nanoparticles which are more useful for the treatment of cancer, gene therapy, DNA analysis and biosensors. Wild macrofungi are extremely important model for basic biology and commercial manufacture. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Exploration of Macrofungi in Sub-Tropical Semi-Evergreen Indian Forest Ecosystems ( Lallawmsanga, Ajit Kumar Passari, Bhim Pratap Singh)....Pages 1-13 A Global Overview of Edible Mushrooms (Malarvizhi Kaliyaperumal, Kezhocuyi Kezo, Sugantha Gunaseelan)....Pages 15-56 Molecular Characterization of Wild Mushrooms: A Paradigm Shift from Morphotyping (Madhusmita Borthakur, S. R. Joshi)....Pages 57-79 Antimicrobial and Hepatoprotective Activities of Edible Mushrooms (Jasmina Glamočlija, Marina Kostić, Marina Soković)....Pages 81-113 Mushroom-Mediated Protection from Oxidative Damage to DNA (John A. Buswell)....Pages 115-127 Chemical and Bioactive Profiling of Wild Edible Mushrooms (Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja, Katarzyna Kała, Jan Lazur, Bożena Muszyńska)....Pages 129-157 Biotechnological Requirements for the Commercial Cultivation of Macrofungi: Substrate and Casing Layer (Jaime Carrasco, Maria L. Tello, Margarita Perez, Gail Preston)....Pages 159-175 Role of Mushroom Fungi in Decolourization of Industrial Dyes and Degradation of Agrochemicals (Sachin Gupta, Sudheer K. Annepu, Baby Summuna, Moni Gupta, Sunil A. Nair)....Pages 177-190 Mushrooms: Isolation and Purification of Exopolysaccharides (Yuxiao Wang, Xiaojun Huang, Shaoping Nie)....Pages 191-210 Novel Prospective of Wild Mushroom Polysaccharides as Potential Prebiotics (Yuxiao Wang, Xiaojun Huang, Shaoping Nie)....Pages 211-226 Pharmaceutic Prodigy of Ergosterol and Protein Profile of Ganoderma lucidum (Anna Goyal, Anu Kalia)....Pages 227-241 Application of Wild Macrofungi as Anticancer Therapeutics (Peter Chiew Hing Cheong, Chon Seng Tan, Shin Yee Fung)....Pages 243-274 Recent Advances in Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms (Meena Kapahi)....Pages 275-286 Medicinal Mushrooms: Cultivation and Pharmaceutical Impact (Peter Chiew Hing Cheong, Chon Seng Tan, Shin Yee Fung)....Pages 287-304 Biological Control of Microbial Pathogens in Edible Mushrooms (Gail M. Preston, Jaime Carrasco, Francisco J. Gea, María J. Navarro)....Pages 305-317 Cordycepin: A Biotherapeutic Molecule from Medicinal Mushroom (Mohammad Soltani, Roslinda Abd Malek, Nagib A. Elmarzugi, Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Davin Uy, Ong Mei Leng et al.)....Pages 319-349 Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles Using Mushrooms (Anu Kalia, Gagandeep Kaur)....Pages 351-360 Bioconversion and Biotransformation Efficiencies of Wild Macrofungi (Aparecido Almeida Conceição, Joice Raisa Barbosa Cunha, Vandinelma Oliveira Vieira, Rubén Darío Romero Pelaéz, Simone Mendonça, João Ricardo Moreira Almeida et al.)....Pages 361-377 Wild Macro-Fungi from Northwest Himalayas: Future Prospects and Challenges (Monika Thakur)....Pages 379-394 Back Matter ....Pages 395-406