The Wondrous of Fungus World

Mushrooms can be defined as “macrofungi” with distinctive fruiting bodies that could be hypogenous or epigeous, large enough to be seen by naked eyes and to be picked by hand (Chang & Miles, 1992). They contain no chlorophyll, therefore, do not have leaves, seeds or roots and in real do not need...

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Main Authors: Ishak, Wan Rosli Wan, Ng, Sze Han
Other Authors: Azlan, Azrina
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
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description Mushrooms can be defined as “macrofungi” with distinctive fruiting bodies that could be hypogenous or epigeous, large enough to be seen by naked eyes and to be picked by hand (Chang & Miles, 1992). They contain no chlorophyll, therefore, do not have leaves, seeds or roots and in real do not need any light to grow. They are a group of fleshy macroscopic fungus which propagates by releasing spores in the dark and typically grew on its food source or on soil above ground. Through the process of fructification, the fruiting bodies are developed from spacious underground mycelia (hyphae). They require a substrate agricultural waste to absorb nutrition and produce enzymes which degrade complex organic matter (Walde et al., 2006). The estimated lifetime of fruiting bodies is only 10-14 days (Kalac, 2009).
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spelling usm-387752018-02-09T08:52:12Z http://eprints.usm.my/38775/ The Wondrous of Fungus World Ishak, Wan Rosli Wan Ng, Sze Han RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Mushrooms can be defined as “macrofungi” with distinctive fruiting bodies that could be hypogenous or epigeous, large enough to be seen by naked eyes and to be picked by hand (Chang & Miles, 1992). They contain no chlorophyll, therefore, do not have leaves, seeds or roots and in real do not need any light to grow. They are a group of fleshy macroscopic fungus which propagates by releasing spores in the dark and typically grew on its food source or on soil above ground. Through the process of fructification, the fruiting bodies are developed from spacious underground mycelia (hyphae). They require a substrate agricultural waste to absorb nutrition and produce enzymes which degrade complex organic matter (Walde et al., 2006). The estimated lifetime of fruiting bodies is only 10-14 days (Kalac, 2009). Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia Azlan, Azrina Ismail, Amin 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38775/1/WR_SH%27s_Paper_2015_Mushroom.pdf Ishak, Wan Rosli Wan and Ng, Sze Han (2017) The Wondrous of Fungus World. In: Functional Foods Wonder Of The World Evidence-Based Functional Foods In Health & Disease. Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, pp. 105-128. ISBN 978-967-344-737-4
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Ishak, Wan Rosli Wan
Ng, Sze Han
The Wondrous of Fungus World
title The Wondrous of Fungus World
title_full The Wondrous of Fungus World
title_fullStr The Wondrous of Fungus World
title_full_unstemmed The Wondrous of Fungus World
title_short The Wondrous of Fungus World
title_sort wondrous of fungus world
topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
url http://eprints.usm.my/38775/
http://eprints.usm.my/38775/1/WR_SH%27s_Paper_2015_Mushroom.pdf