Agaricus campestris

Falandysz, J. and D. Danisiewicz. 1995. Bioconcentration factors (BCF) of silver in wild Agaricus campestris. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55 122-129. 

Family in.— Agaricaceae, the gill family, in which the hymenium covers blade-like plates of the pileus, called gills, generally occurring on the under surface of the same. Examples Agaricus campestris, the common edible mushroom of fields Amanita muscaria and Amanita phalloides, both of which are poisonous. 

Tressl, R., Bahri, D., and Engel, K.-H., Formation of eight-carbon and ten-carbon components in mushrooms (Agaricus campestris), J.Agric. Food Chem., 30, 89, 1982. 

It has been established that in many edible mushrooms such as Agaricus campestris and Agaricus bisporus, the C8-compounds are formed enzymically during the oxidation of linoleic acid (16-20). In the present study, the identification of l-octen-3-ol and 2-octen-l-ol as major C8-compounds in macerated fresh Shiitake mushrooms suggested a similar biosynthetic origin. The amount of C8-compounds (primarily l-octen-3-ol and 2-octen-l-ol) in the blanched (97°C, 8 min) or the hot-air dried (commercial process)... 

SPECIES Agaricus bitorquis (Quel.) Saccardo = Agaricus rodmanii Peck = Agaricus campestris var. eduiis Vitt. 

Agaridoxin, a strongly autoxidizable substance, was isolated from Agaricus campestris by Szent-Gyorgyi et al. (431) and from A. bisporus (along with L-dopa) by Tsuji et al. (432). The structure of this metabolite was established (431) to be y-L-glutaminyl-3,4-dihydroxybenzene... 

Formation of C8 and Cip-(Cii)-Components in Edible Mushrooms (Agaricus campestris)... 

All 0X0- and hydroxy acids were characterized for the first time as enzymic degradation products from linoleic acid. The major components 1-octen-3-ol and 1,5-octadien-3-ol were optically active. This was proved by formation of an ester with an optically active acid and capillary separation. The methods used will be published in the near future (Tressl and Engel 1981). These results indicate a highly specific enzyme-system in Agaricus campestris catalyzing the conversion of linoleic acid into (-)-1-octen-3-ol and 10-hydroxydecanoic acid resp. into ( )-2-octen-1-ol and 9-hydroxydecanoic acid. As demonstrated in Table VI linolenic acid is transformed into the corresponding C8 Components containing two C = C bonds. 

The related fungus Coprinus comatus (the sha y ink cap or Lawyers wig ) is said not to interact with alcohol, nor is there anything to suggest that it ever occurs with the common field mushroom (Agaricus campestris) or the cultivated variety (Agaricus bisporis) ... 

Basidiomycetes Agaricales Agaricaceae Agaricus campestris edulis rodmanii... 

Culture of Agaricus campestris. Mutant Culture. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 96, 430 (1962). 

Present in Agaricus campestris, Mucor hiemalis and royal jelly. 

Gray, A. 1998. Insulin-releasing and insulin-like activity of Agaricus campestris (mushroom). 

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