Advances in Macrofungi: Industrial Avenues and Prospects. 2021.Series: Progress in Mycological Research). 47 (12 col.) figs. 374 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Large scale cultivation of macrofungi is possible with fermentation, using easily accessible lignocellulosic agricultural residues applying economical methods to generate substantial biomass, food and biofuels. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic wastes by macrofungi generates value-added fungal nutritional biomass for humans and livestock. Besides commercial cultivation techniques, other topics covered in Advances in Macrofungi: Industrial Avenues and Prospects include: the healing potential of mushrooms, industrial opportunities, mycelium-based products, forest wild mushrooms and industrial applications of white rot fungi.

This book reviews the industrial applications and uses of macrofungi. It encourages students and researchers to explore non-conventional sources of nutrition as well as bioactive metabolites to serve as nutraceuticals. It emphasizes the potential of macrofungi as a source of bioactive compounds to remedy human lifestyle diseases especially cancers and cardiovascular ailments along with immunostimulation potential by Cordyceps. This book emphasizes the role of on mushrooms as a source of cosmeceuticals, flavors, essence, scents and perfumes.


Table of Contents

1. Past, Present and Future of Macrofungal Applications: Old Friends, Yet Unknown Strangers
Dietmar Schlosser

CULTIVATION AND MARKET

2. Commercial Cultivation Techniques of Mushrooms
Jaime Carrasco, Diego C Zied, María J Navarro, Francisco J Gea and Arturo Pardo-Giménez

3. Mushroom Market in Malaysia
Shin-Yee Fung and Chon-Seng Tan

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

4. Bioprospecting Macrofungi for Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications
Shin-Yee Fung and Muhammad Fazril Razif

5. Infrequent Current and Potential Applications of Mushrooms
Waill Elkhateeb, Marwa Elnahas and Ghoson Daba

6. Industrial Applications of Truffles and Truffle-like Fungi
Paul Thomas, Waill Elkhateeb and Ghoson Daba

7. Industrial and Biotechnological Applications of Pleurotus
Jegadeesh Raman, Kab-yel Jang, Shin Hyun-Jae, Wong-sik Kong and Hariprasath Lakshmanan

8. Macrofungi in the Production of Alcoholic Beverages: Beer, Wine, and Spirits
Jovana Vunduk and Sonja Veljovic

9. Biochemical Profile of Six Wild Edible Mushrooms of the Western Ghats
Venugopalan Ravikrishnan, Kandikere R Sridhar and Madaiah Rajashekhar

10. Truffles: A Potential Source of Bioactive Compounds
Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed, Ramzi Abdel Alsaheb, Ting Ho, Siti Zulaiha Hanapi, Dalia Sukmawati, Racha Wehbe and Hesham Ali El-Enshasy

ENZYMES

11. Potential Biotechnological Applications of Enzymes from Macrofungi
Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Mariadhas Valan Arasu, Lekshmi R, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, Rajakrishnan R, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Ameer Khusro, Paul Agastian, Soosaimanickam Maria Packiam and Ponnuswamy Vijayaraghavan

12. Enzymes of White Rot Fungi and their Industrial Potential
Deepak K Rahi, Sonu Rahi and Ekta Chaudhary

PIGMENTS

13. Industrial Applications of Pigments from Macrofungi
Malika Suthar, Ajay C Lagashetti, Riikka Räisänen, Paras N Singh, Laurent Dufossé, Seri C Robinson and Sanjay K Singh

14. Colourful Macrofungi and their Pigment Structures
Ajay C Lagashetti, Riikka Räisänen, Seri C Robinson, Sanjay K Singh and Laurent Dufossé

15. Insights on the Structural and Functional Attributes of Melanin from Termitophilic Agaricales
Rosy Agnes De Souza and Nandkumar Mukund Kamat

BIOREMEDIATION

16. Macrofungal Mycelia as Sources of Biopesticides
Leopold M Nyochembeng