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Mycotheca of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms at Herbarium SAF as a Potential Source of Nutraceuticals and Cultivated Mushrooms

Maria Letizia Gargano

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0106 biological sciencesPharmacologybusiness.industryBasidiomycota010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyAgricultureBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyNutraceuticalHerbariumItalyAgricultureDietary SupplementsDrug DiscoveryBotanyHumansPotential sourceFruiting Bodies Fungalbusiness

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Basidiomycetes strains (n = 39) belonging to 9 genera in 8 families are kept in the mycotheca of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences at the University of Palermo (Palermo, Italy). All of the strains are medicinal mushrooms, and some are of great commercial and nutraceutical interest.

https://doi.org/10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.2018025966