Plastics are widely used in industries in human society and because of their structural stability, degradation is a serious global issue. To estimate the degradation of plastic, 31 edible mushrooms were cultured with the selected plastic films (polyethylene [PE], polystyrene [PS], and poly(ethylene terephthalate) [PET]) for 3 months at 25 °C. Measuring the weight of the films showed that four species of mushrooms, namely Porostereum spadiceum, Ganoderma lucidum, Coprinellus micaceus, and Pleurotus ostreatus, exhibited the highest degrees of plastic degradation. In addition, the mushrooms and fungi that exhibited the most significant plastic degradation were cross-cultured to promote this degradation. As a result, cross-cultivation of G. lucidum and Aspergillus niger showed a weight loss of 2.49% for the PET film. For the PS film, Aspergillus nidulans showed a weight loss of 4.06%. Cross-cultivation of A. nidulans and C. micaceus, which showed a weight loss of 2.95%, was noted as an alternative for PS biodegradation, but is harmful to humans. These bio-degradation effects of edible mushroom will contribute to the development of alternatives for eco-friendly plastic degradation.

As a member of ectomycorrhizal fungi, Tricholoma matsutake has a symbiotic relationship with its host, Pinus densiflora. To cultivate T. matsutake artificially, the co-cultivation of T. matsutake mycelia and bacteria from shiro was introduced. In this study, bacteria were isolated from soil samples in Bonghwa-gun, and seven bacterial isolates (B22_7_B05, B22_7_B06, B22_7_B07, B22_7_B08, B22_7_B10, B22_7_B13, and B22_7_B14) promoted the growth of T. matsutake mycelia (147.48, 232.11, 266.72, 211.43, 175.17, 154.62, and 177.92%, respectively). Sequencing of the 16S rRNA region of the isolated bacteria was performed. B22_7_B05 and B22_7_B10 were identified as Bacillus toyonensis, B22_7_B06 and B22_7_B08 as Paenibacillus taichungensis, B22_7_B07 and B22_7_B14 as P. gorilla, and B22_7_B13 as P. odorifer. These bacterial isolates were associated with the shiro community and are expected to contribute to the cultivation of T. matsutake.

Tricholoma matsutake is a traditional favorite food in East Asia, cultivated in fairy rings called “shiro,” which are found near Pinus densiflora. For effective artificial cultivation of Tri. matsutake, microorganisms from symbiotic fairy rings are co-cultivated. In this study, one bacterial isolate (Y22_B35) and two fungal isolates (Y22_F64 and Y22_F68) displayed growth-promoting effects on Tri. matsutake mycelium (158.47, 125.00, and 122.26% enhanced growth, respectively). For identification, 16S rRNA or ITS regions from the microorganisms¡¯ genomes were sequenced. Other sequences, including BenA, CaM, and RPB2 were sequenced in the fungal isolates. The bacterial isolate Y22_B35 was identified as Bacillus cereus. Y22_F64 and Y22_F68 were identified as Umbelopsis nana and Aspergillus parvulus, respectively. To identify the effects of the dominant microorganisms on Tri. Matsutake cultivation, metagenomic analyses were performed. Discovery of these Tri. matsutake mycelium growth-promoting microorganisms and metagenomics analyses are expected to contribute to our understanding of Tri. matsutake fruiting body growth and construction of biomimicry.

To understand microorganism effects on wild mushroom fruiting bodies, we investigated the fungi in hyphosphere soil supporting wild mushroom species Cortinarius violaceus, Amanita hemibapha, Laccaria vinacelavellanea, and Amanita verna found in the Gotjawal area of Jeju Island. Fungal species identification based on morphological traits and molecular analysis of ITS, LSU rDNA, and -tubulin gene sequences resulted in isolation and identification of eleven fungal species previously unrecorded in Korea. These newly-recorded species are: Arthrinium kogelbergensis, Kalmusia longisporum, Keithomyces carneum, Neopyrenochaeta cercidis, Penicillium ranomafanaense, Phomatodes nebulosa, Pyrenochaeta nobilis, Tolypocladium album, Talaromyces kendrickii, Talaromyces qii, and Umbelopsis gibberispora, and their morphological characteristics and phylogenetic positions are described.

To cultivate pine mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake) artificially, co-cultivation with microorganisms has been introduced. Here, experiments were performed to assess the growth-promoting effect of bacteria on T. matsutake mycelia. Bacteria were isolated from soil samples collected in Yangyang County, Korea. Four of the bacterial isolates (Y22_B06, Y22_B11, Y22_B18, and Y22_B22) exhibited a growth-promoting effect on T. matsutake mycelia (154.67%, 125.91%, 134.06%, and 158.28%, respectively). To analyze the characteristics of the bacteria, especially the antifungal activity, -amylase and cellulase activity assays were performed. In comparison with the controls, the isolated bacteria exhibited low -amylase and cellulase activity. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to identify the four bacterial isolates. The isolates belonged to the Terrabacteria group and were identified as Microbacterium paraoxydans, Paenibacillus castaneae, Peribacillus frigoritolerans, and P. butanolivorans. These bacterial isolates are expected to have contributed to the growth promotion of T. matsutake mycelia and the artificial cultivation of T. matsutake.

This study was conducted to develop a renewable and sustainable bio-material to replace polystyrene (EPS) in fungal-mycelium-based composite using agricultural by-products. Four mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum, Fomitella fraxinea, Phellinus linteus, and Schizophyllum commune) were cultured in an oak sawdust plus rice bran substrate to select the mushroom with the best growth. The mycelia of G. lucidum showed the best growth. To investigate the optimal mixing ratio with spent mushroom substrate (SM) and oak sawdust (OS), samples were prepared by mixing SM and OS at ratios of 50%:50%, 60%:40%, and 80%:20% (w/w). Each substrate was then inoculated with G. lucidum. G. lucidum showed the best mycelial growth of 140.0 mm in the substrate with SM and OS mixed at a 60%:40% ratio. It was also found that the substrate with SM and OS mixed at a 60%:40% ratio had the best handling properties. The compressive strength of mycelial materials inoculated with G. lucidum was in the range of 300–302 kgf mm-1, and the materials were four times stronger than polystyrene materials. These results indicate that substrates comprising spent mushroom substrate mixed with oak sawdust can be successfully upcycled to mycelium-based composite materials using G. lucidum. This represents a sustainable approach.

Wolfiporia cocos is an edible fungus commercially cultivated in Asia. To investigate metabolic changes of W. cocos mycelia under both light and dark culture conditions, gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses were performed. In terms of the total amount of sugars, alcohols, amino acids, organic acids, fatty acids, and purines, there no significant differences between the W. cocos mycelia cultivated under light (L) or dark (D) conditions (p < 0.05). However, there were some differences with respect to the production of particular sugars and proteins. The levels of trehalose (L: 17.2 ± 0.3% vs. D: 13.9 ± 1.6%), maltose (L: 0.9 ± 0.1% vs. D: 0.3 ± 0.1%), turanose (L: 0.7 ± 0.2% vs. D: 0.1 ± 0.1%), glutamine (L: 1.6 ± 0.3% vs. D: 0.7 ± 0.2%), and proline (L: 0.3 ± 0% vs. D: 0.1 ± 0%) were all significantly higher under light condition (p < 0.05). In contrast, the levels of galactose (L: 13.7 ± 1.2% vs. D: 17.6 ± 2.0%), aspartic acid (L: 0.6 ± 0.1 % vs. D: 0.9 ± 0.1%), cystathionine (L: 0.6 ± 0.1% vs. D: 0.8 ± 0 %), and malic acid (L: 0.7 ± 0.1% vs. D: 1.2 ± 0.1%) were higher under the dark condition. It is worth noting that the amount of pachymic acid, a pharmaceutically active compound of W. cocos, was 1.68 times greater under the light condition (p < 0.05).

본 연구에서는 한국과 중국에서 재배한 목이, 흰목이를 대상으로 추출용매별 생리활성 물질의 차이를 현재까지 비교적 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔던 표고버섯과 비교하여 DPPH 라디컬 소거능과 아질산염 소거능, 총 폴리페놀 함량과 베타글루칸 함량에 대한 성분차이를 비교 분석하였다. 한국산 목이, 흰목이, 표고의 열수추출물의 DPPH 라디컬 소거능은 70% 에탄올 추출물에 비하여 높은 것으로 나타났으며 추출용매와 상관없이 중국산 버섯류에 비하여 높은 값이었다. 중국산 버섯 중 목이의 열수추출 및 70% 에탄올추출물에서 가장 높은 라디컬 소거능을 보였다. 아질산염 소거능은 중국산 버섯류의 70% 에탄올추출물에서 한국산 동일 버섯류에 비하여 높은 아질산염 소거능을 나타냈다. 각 버섯류의 총 폴리페놀 함량은 70% 에탄올 추출 조건이 열수추출에 비하여 높은 값을 나타냈다. 특히 재배국가와 상관없이 목이는 70% 에탄올추출물에서 가장 높은 총 폴리페놀 함량을 보였다. 한국산 및 중국산의 표고는 열수추출 조건이 70% 에탄올추출에 비하여 높은 총 폴리페놀 함량을 보였다. 베타글루칸 함량은 중국산 식용 버섯류가 한국산 버섯류에 비하여 높은 함량을 나타내고 있었다. 위와 같은 결과로부터 각각의 버섯류에 맞는 최적의 용매를 사용해야 최대의 유효성분을 추출할 수 있다고 사료된다. 본 연구에서 사용한 목이, 흰목이, 표고가 한국 및 중국에서 재배되는 버섯의 대표성을 나타내기에는 부족하나 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 더 많은 비교샘플수를 늘려서 다양한 식용버섯류에 대한 기능성 평가를 위한 기초자료로 활용하고자 한다.

국내 자생하는 야생버섯의 생리활성 및 항염 활성을 분석하기 위하여 버섯추출물에 대한 DPPH 라디컬 소거능, 아질산염소거능, 총 폴리페놀 함량, NO 생성저해도 및 세포독성을 분석하였다. 국내 수집 야생버섯 중에서 DPPH 라디컬 소거능이 높은 버섯은 64.2%를 나타낸 박막깔때기버섯(OK825)과 69.7%를 보인 흰우단버섯(OK829)이었다. 아질산염 소거능은 흰우단버섯(OK811)이 64.1%로 가장 높았다. 야생수집 버섯류 중에서 가장 높은 총 폴리페놀 함량을 나타낸 것은 젖비단버섯(OK804), 흰우단버섯 (OK829) 및 큰밤갈색광대버섯(OK944)으로 각각 19.7 mg GAE/g, 20.2 mg GAE/g, 22.3 mg GAE/g의 값을 보였다. NO 생성저해도의 경우, 박막깔때기버섯(OK825)과 노란다발버섯(OK826)은 각각 11.8%와 11.2%로 가장 낮은 NO를 생성하는 것으로 나타나 수집 버섯 추출물 중에서 가장 높은 항염증 효능을 보였다. MTT를 이용한 세포 생존율(%)을 측정한 결과 젖비단그물버섯(OK804), 흰우단버섯(OK811), 노란젖버섯(OK904)의 추출물에서는 각각 40.3%, 48.3%, 43.2%로 가장 높은 생존율을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과는 국내 버섯산업의 확대를 위하여 우수 버섯자원을 발굴함과 동시에 토종 버섯자원을 이용한 새로운 천연물 유래 생리활성 물질로 활용하기 위한 기초자료로 활용도가 높으리라 기대된다.

In the present study, physiological activities of hot water extracts and 70% ethanol extracts of three types of medicinal mushrooms (Hericium erinaceus, Cordyceps militaris, and Ganoderma lingzhi) produced in Korea and China were investigated. Both the hot-water and 70% ethanol extracts of H. erinaceus and C. militaris from Korea displayed the highest 2,2- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazy radical scavenging activities. Nitrite scavenging activities of hotwater extracts of G. lingzhi from Korea and China (41% and 39%, respectively) were higher than the activities of 70% ethanol extracts. Total polyphenol contents of hot water extracts of H. erinaceus and C. militaris from Korea were higher than those of 70% ethanol extracts. The ethanol extracts of G. lingzhi from Korea displayed the highest total polyphenol content. C. militaris from Korea displayed the highest β-glucan level (45.11%). β-glucan content of H. erinaceus from China (30.87%) was higher than H. erinaceus from Korea (16.94%). The findings indicate that healthy ingredients can be maximally extracted using the optimal solvents for each mushroom. These results will be useful in understanding the difference in physiological activities between the solvents used for the extraction of medicinal mushrooms from Korea and China.

유버섯자원 개발을 위한 기초자료를 확보하 기 위해용 용 흰가시광대버섯(A. virgineoides)의 정점조사지역 내 발생양상과 기온의 변화양상을 조사하였다. 버섯발생전 60일간의 기온변화는 조사지역에 따라 다르게 나타났으며, 특히 발생전 20일간의 기온분포는 발생여부와 조사지역에 따라 상반되는 양상을 보였다. 흰가시광대버섯은 활물 공생균으로 기온, 강수량, 상대습도 등과 같은 기상환경뿐만 아니라, 식물분포, 토양미생물, 토양유기물 등 다양한 환경요인이 자실체의 발생에 영향을 주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 기온변화 양상만을 분석한 결과, 흰가시광대버섯의 발생과 기온과의 관련성은 조사지역별로 다른 양상을 보였으며, 흰가시광대버섯의 재배생산기술을 개발하기 위해서는 식물상과 토양환경에 대한 정밀한 조사분석을 통해 자실체발생을 좌우하는 요인의 구명이 필요하다.