Heavy metal contents of the cultivated culinary-medicinal Royal Sun Agaricus (the Himematsutake mushroom) Agaricus brasiliensis S. Wasser et al. (Agaricomycetideae) using different casing materials

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Liang, Zeng Chin ^a   Liang, Chih Hung ^b   Wang, Jinn Chyi ^c   Ho, Wai Jane ^a   Wu, Chiu Yeh ^d  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agaricus brasiliensis; Culinary medicinal mushrooms; Cultivation; Fruiting body; Heavy metal; Royal Sun Agaricus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BAGASSE; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; PEAT;

AGARICOMYCETIDEAE; AGARICUS; AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS; ARTICLE; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRUITING BODY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 42249114004     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v10.i2.90     Document Type: Article

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