Wild fungi

Trace metals including Pt in wild fungi and wild blackberries sampled in 1998 were determined by Q-ICP-MS in UK [117]. On a fresh weight basis, the levels of Pt were 6 ng kg-1 in blackberries and 20 ng kg-1 in mushroom. Concentrations of Pt in wild fungi were signibcantly higher at urban sites than at rural sites. Some results are available for Pd by INAA analysis of meat [118]. A method based on ET-AAS was developed for Pt in wine. Pt levels in most French wines were less than 10 pg l-1 [80],... 

This is a simple yet delicious way of cooking wild mushrooms. If you can t go foraging, or wild fungi aren t in season, use chestnut or baby bella mushrooms, which have a good, meaty flavor. 

Natural Habitat Commonly inhabiting manure piles and rank, decaying vegetation feeding on wild fungi and their myceiia. Phorid larvae are frequently seen tunneling through wild mushrooms. 

In vitro cultures of bryophytes, especially when obtained from wild material, may be contaminated by fungi and/or bacteria. Therefore, we suggest starting the cultures from mature sporophytes that can be more conveniently surface sterilized. 

In terms of diseases, not much has been recorded, except a recent report (unpublished data) on two fimgi coinfecting the pods of morama. The two fungi associated with the necrotic lesions were revealed to be Altemaria tenuissima and Phoma spp. using DNA-based and morphological characterization. Insects pest have been observed on the wild stand of morama causing seed damage. However, the identity of the insects is yet to be ascertained. 

Acute toxicoses resulting from consumption of toxic mushrooms is infrequent, yet of increasing concern because of the practice of gathering fungi in the wild. The most serious of these toxicoses result from the... 

In its general scientific sense, the term "parasite" includes all of the known infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths. In this and the two following chapters, the term is used in a restricted sense to denote the protozoa and helminths. It has been estimated that 3 billion (3 x 109) humans suffer from parasitic infections, plus a much greater number of domestic and wild animals. Although these diseases constitute the most widespread human health problem in the world today, they have for various reasons also been the most neglected. 

Muller Riebau, F., Berger, B. and Yegen, O. (1995) Chemical composition and fungitoxic properties to phytopathogenic fungi of essential oils of selected aromatic plants growing wild in Turkey, journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 43, 2262-2266. 

C. A. Weeks, M. Croasdale, M. A. Osborne, L. Hewitt, P. F. Miller, P. Robb, M. J. Baxter, P. D. Warriss, T. G. Knowles, Multi-element survey of wild edible fungi and blackberries in the UK, Food Addit. Contam., 23 (2006), 140D147. 

Cellulases are found in fungi and bacteria. Of commercial interest are fungal enzymes from Aspergillus or Trichoderma and a few bacterial enzymes. They are either used as a multicomponent, which contain all enzyme types and are found in Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina), or as a monocomponent enzyme product, which consists of only one of the three types of enzymes. The multicomponent enzyme preparations can be produced from a selected cellulose overproducing strain of the wild-type organism, whereas the monocomponent cellulases are mainly produced in recombinant production systems. 

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