Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
Mushroom has been considered as one of the choices of quality and functional food. Nutritional profiling of mushrooms has been well reported in different research. In Malaysia, most studies investigated secondary metabolite production, cultivation and health benefits of edible mushrooms. Research on...
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| author | Ling, Sabrina, Shuet Yee Goh, Yar Yean Ong, Ghim Hock Cheng, Wan Hee Wong, Rui Rui |
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| description | Mushroom has been considered as one of the choices of quality and functional food. Nutritional profiling of mushrooms has been well reported in different research. In Malaysia, most studies investigated secondary metabolite production, cultivation and health benefits of edible mushrooms. Research on wild mushroom has been very limited. Hence, the objective of this research project was to identify the morphology of wild mushroom species commonly found in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Four different wild mushrooms were collected and characterised based on the morphology and growth appearance when cultured on potato dextrose agar. They were morphologically identified as Tremella genus, Ganoderma genus, Phaeolus genus and Trametes genus. However, the species identification was able to confirm up to genus level only as they are sharing many similar features. In conclusion, morphological characterization of mushroom was very time consuming and the accuracy is highly dependent on the researcher’s experience. Therefore, molecular method is needed to further confirm the identity of the wild mushrooms. |
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| spelling | intimal-15602024-09-07T06:01:31Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1560/ Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Ling, Sabrina, Shuet Yee Goh, Yar Yean Ong, Ghim Hock Cheng, Wan Hee Wong, Rui Rui Q Science (General) QK Botany QP Physiology Mushroom has been considered as one of the choices of quality and functional food. Nutritional profiling of mushrooms has been well reported in different research. In Malaysia, most studies investigated secondary metabolite production, cultivation and health benefits of edible mushrooms. Research on wild mushroom has been very limited. Hence, the objective of this research project was to identify the morphology of wild mushroom species commonly found in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Four different wild mushrooms were collected and characterised based on the morphology and growth appearance when cultured on potato dextrose agar. They were morphologically identified as Tremella genus, Ganoderma genus, Phaeolus genus and Trametes genus. However, the species identification was able to confirm up to genus level only as they are sharing many similar features. In conclusion, morphological characterization of mushroom was very time consuming and the accuracy is highly dependent on the researcher’s experience. Therefore, molecular method is needed to further confirm the identity of the wild mushrooms. INTI International University 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1560/1/179 Ling, Sabrina, Shuet Yee and Goh, Yar Yean and Ong, Ghim Hock and Cheng, Wan Hee and Wong, Rui Rui (2021) Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. INTI JOURNAL, 2021 (06). ISSN e2600-7320 https://intijournal.intimal.edu.my/intijournal.htm |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QK Botany QP Physiology Ling, Sabrina, Shuet Yee Goh, Yar Yean Ong, Ghim Hock Cheng, Wan Hee Wong, Rui Rui Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title | Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title_full | Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title_short | Wild Mushroom Identification through Morphological Approaches in middle of West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
| title_sort | wild mushroom identification through morphological approaches in middle of west coast of peninsular malaysia |
| topic | Q Science (General) QK Botany QP Physiology |
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