history of medicinal mushrooms

MEDICINALLY  IMPORTANT  MUSHROOMS 

Synopsis Many  edible and  non-edible  mushrooms have  long  been used worldwide, especially  in  the Orient,  for  medicinal  purposes.  This  Chapter  gives a brief  summary  of  the  most important and widely  used species.  In  each case  their  historical  and current traditional  use  is  considered  together, where  appropriate, with their  commercial  and  modern  medical  applications.   Important pharmaceutical  products with proven medical  applications have been derived  from  Ganoderma  spp.,  Lentinus  edodes, Schizophyllum  commune, Tremella  fusiformis, Trametes versicolor, and  Grifola  frondosa,  and  more  recently  Phellinus    and  Hericium  erinaceus