Notes on a New Productive Strain of King Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus eryngii (Higher Basidiomycetes), a Prized Italian Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom.
In this paper, the authors provide data on a culinary-medicinal, host-specific variety of P. eryngii species-complex that is known in Italy as "cardoncello". A species description, the techniques of isolation of a new strain (C-142-c), and the preparation of the substratum are illustrated. Data on the productivity of substratum inoculated with C-142-c strain and the nutritional value of cultivated "cardoncello" mushrooms are also provided.
Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Venturella
Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
Eristanna
E
Palazzolo
Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
Filippo
F
Saiano
Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
Maria Letizia
ML
Gargano
D000363:Agaricales; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009753:Nutritive Value; D008517:Phytotherapy; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity