Brin Berge April 2014 The Future of the Portobello Mushroom (agaricus bisporus) as an Environmentally Sustainable and Nutritious Food Source Introduction Agaricus bisporus is the scientific name for the Portobello mushroom. The Portobello mushroom is one of the most widely cultivated and consumed edible mushrooms in the world. It is the most common edible mushroom in the United States, and has been since 1800. 50%Fifty percent of Portobello mushroom cultivation occurs in Pennsylvania. The industry
Different Types of Mushrooms There are many different kinds of mushrooms. One of the most common of them are Pleurotus Ostreatus (oyster mushroom), Pleurotus eryngii (King Oyster), Agaricus subrufescens (almond mushroom), hypsizygus ulmarius (white elm mushroom or elm oyster), Hypsizygus tessulatus (shimeji), Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane), Lentinula edodes (shiitake), Hericium erinaceus (Lios' Mane), and Grifola Frondosa (maitake). Out of these, the most commonly grown are Sporophores which
-Larry Robertson A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi
significant contamination difference between locations. This occurred during the Fall 14’ Spring 15’ academic semester, I was also TA and help with labs classes and various odds and ends. And minutely, I independently worked on cellular cultures of Agaricus bisporus mycelium in vitro curtsey of
INTRODUCTION People have harvested mushrooms from the wild for thousands of years for food and medicines. Mushrooms are fleshy fruiting bodies (Alexopoulos et al., 1996) that are considered one of the delicious fruits, and are commonly produced worldwide (Madbouly and Al-Hussainy, 1996). The cultivation of edible mushrooms is a world wide important commercial activity (Chang, 2000). Several aspects have con-tributed to the development of this activity: (1) the raw materials used are waste from
Psilocybin mushrooms, more commonly known as “shrooms” or “magic mushrooms”, are a psychoactive drug that contains psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin, which inhibit brain activity and ultimately create a euphoric experience for users. It is commonly noted that individuals who take this drug will experience hallucinations that vary in intensity, and visual effects that essentially dissolve boundaries between objects. Extensive research has been done by scientists and psychiatrists in
1.1.1 Enzyme Enzymes are biological catalysts, chemical reactions. Enzyme may act are called substrates and molecules called enzyme converts these into different products. Enzyme are used commercially, for example, synthesis of antibiotics. The study of enzyme is called enzymology. French chemist Anselme payen was the first to discover an enzyme, diastase, in 1833.The first used of term enzyme German physiologist in 1877.An enzyme found in tears, saliva and egg whites that digests the coating of
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