The characteristics and spore production of Gonji7ho, Bunhong, and Sunjung fruiting bodies were assessed at different growth stages. The shape of the Pleurotus species fruiting body starts out short and small, then takes on a typical mushroom shape as it grows. Gonji7ho has a long stalk, Bunhong has a short stalk and a wide cap, and Sunjung's cap and stalk dimensions are intermediate. Each variety displayed deep color at the beginning of growth but became steadily lighter with continued growth. The shape of the linkage between the mushroom stalk and cap changed from an initial central position to a lateral position after the growing stage. Gonji7ho cap diameter increased 7-fold from 15.5 mm (5 days of growth) to 37.9 mm (9 days of growth). Growth rates for each growth day measured using the growth percentage of the previous day were 285.5% (5 → 6th day), 182.2% (6 → 7th day), 129.4% (7 → 8th day), and 103.8% (8 → 9th day). This trend was also observed in Bunhong and Sunjung, but Bunhong’s growth rate was more rapid (4.9 fold on day 6, 2.7 fold on day 7) and continued to increase through day 9. Harvest yield, which is of greatest interest to farmers, displayed a similar trend spanning the growth period, as did cap diameter. Gonji7ho harvest yield increased rapidly until day 7 of growth (more than 177%), then growth slowed down beginning around day 8, and further decreased on day 9 (98%). Similar trends were observed in Bunhong and Sunjung. Bunhong showed characteristic rapid growth in harvest yield (4.9 fold compared to the previous day on day 6 and 2.7 fold on day 7), and the increase continued through day 9. A decrease in mushroom harvest yield commonly seen in the late growth stage is thought to be due to the death of some mushrooms and decomposition of cap tissue. Basidiospore content increased with number of growth days but decreased after day 8. Gonji7ho yielded the highest production on day 7 of growth, coinciding with harvest time, with 209,000,000 spores. This trend was also observed in Bunhong and Sunjung. These results will provide researchers with basal data and guide farmers in selecting the optimal harvest day.

Light plays an important role in fruit-body development and morphology during Pleurotus spp. cultivation. To understand the effects of light color on fruit-body properties, we evaluated the fruit-body characteristics of Pleurotus spp. varieties cultivated under blue, red, and purple LED light sources. The main results are as follows: The overall fruit-body shape showed differences depending on the color of the LED light. The fruit-bodies of mushroom cultivated under blue and purple light were generally similar to the mushroom shapes typically produced, while those of mushroom cultivated under green light were abnormally shaped, probably due to the absence of effective light source. The average cap lightness of mushrooms cultivated under blue, green, and purple LED lights was 57.0, 57.4, and 59.4, respectively. The average cap lightness of all varieties except Wonhyeong1ho and Hwang-geumsantari cultivated under the three LED light sources were statistically significantly different (P<0.05). The cap redness varied significantly depending on the LED lighting and variety. Only Gonji7hoM, the cap color mutant of Gonji7ho, showed negative cap redness values under all three LED light sources. Among the eight varieties excluding Gonji7ho, the highest cap redness was observed when cultivated under the blue LED. The average harvest weight of the varieties cultivated under purple, blue, and green LED light were 68.0, 58.3, and 50.1 g, respectively. The yield of Gonji7ho, the mushroom variety with the highest yield, cultivated under blue, green, and purple LED light were 92.8, 77.1, and 98.6 g, respectively. The earliness when grown under the purple, blue, and green LED lights were 5.3, 5.8, and 5.8 days, respectively. Among the varieties, six, three, and two cultivars showed the shortest earliness under the purple, green, and blue LED, respectively. The fruit-body lengths were 66.4, 51.8, and 46.8 mm when cultivated under green, purple, and blue lights, respectively. These results are expected to serve as a foundation for producing mushrooms with traits demanded in the market.

The biological efficiencies of promising Pleurotus spp. were evaluated. Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus tuberregium,and Pleurotus sajor-cajuwere investigated at temperatures of 22oC, 20oC, and 18oC to determine their ability to adapt to temperatures that are likely to be found in subtropical regions. The experiment was conducted using a substrate comprising Popular sawdust 60% + cotton seed 20% + beet pulp 20% under a relative humidity of 65%. The results indicated that there were significant differences in terms of biological efficiency between the species: P. tuber regium 128.84% at 22oC, P. ostreatus 108.41% at 22oC, and P. sajor-caju is 80% at 20oC. The common temperatures at which all species showed the highest biological efficiencies were 22oC and 20oC. Therefore, the production of the evaluated species was equal to or surpassed biological efficiencies reported in tropical environments, thereby demonstrating a potential opportunity to adapt to tropical environments without compromising quality standards.

To elucidate how cultivation temperature affected various traits including pileus color, yield and morphology of Pleurotusspp. Main results were as follows. Pileus lightness of all cultivars of Pleurotustested became higher as cultivation temperature increased, while those of Santari, Hwang-geumsantari and Sunjung at 21oC were lower than at 18oC. Redness and yellowness of pileus decreased as cultivation temperature increased; those of chromatic pileus cultivars showed noticeable difference. Yellowness of cultivar with chromatic pileus was higher than that of cultivar with achromatic pileus. Yield was increased as cultivation temperature increased, Wonhyeung 1ho; low temperature favored cultivar showed high yield when it was cultivated at low temperature andno fruiting body at 21oC. Valid number of stipes were generally higher at 18oC, and its correlation coefficient with yield was low. Length and stipe thickness changed consistently (larger and thicker) upon cultivation temperature; the coefficient of determination(R2) 0.514 for lengthof Heuktari and 0.963for stipe thickness of Santari were high. Correlation coefficient of one trait was highly related with multiple traits. In the future, we will conduct research on the changes of expressed genes involved in the pigments for pileus color by RNA expression analysis.

Oyster mushrooms are popular and physiologically beneficial to human health. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of oyster mushrooms such as Pleurotus ostreatus, P. pulmonarius, and P. citrinopileatus on high cholesterol fed rats. Five-week old female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups of 8 rats each. Feeding a diet containing a 5% fruiting body powder of Pleurotus species to high cholesterol fed rats reduced plasma total cholesterol (TG), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Feeding each oyster mushroom also significantly reduced body weight in high cholesterol fed rats. However, it had no adverse effects on plasma albumin, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, glucose, total protein or enzyme profiles such as glutamate oxalate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) which are related to kidney function. Feeding each mushroom increased total lipid and cholesterol excretion in feces. A histological study of hepatic cells by conventional red O staining showed normal findings in mushroom-fed hyperlipidemic rats. These results suggested that diet supplementation of 5% fruiting body power of Pleurotus species provided health benefits by acting on the atherogenic lipid profile in high cholesterol fed rats.

본 연구는 NaCl 농도가 느타리버섯 균사생장 및 자실체 발생과 생육에 미치는 영향에 관한 것으로 PDA배지에서의 NaCl 농도에 따른 균사생장은 0.5%처리까지는 버섯균사 생장에 별다른 영향을 주지 않았으나 1.0% 처리에서는 생장하는 속도가 무처리에 대비하여 감소되기 시작되어 5.0%에서는 균사생장이 전혀 이루어지지 않았다.톱밥배지에서는 PDA배지에서와 유사한 경향을 보였으나 균사생장의 감소속도는 완만하였다. 톱밥 병재배시 NaCl 농도별 시기별로 관수 처리한 결과에서는 균긁기 직후 처리에서는 버섯 품질과 수확량에서 3.0%처리부터 떨어지기 시작하여 10.0% 처리에서는 무처리의 47%정도 밖에 수확할 수 없었다.버섯 발이 직후 처리에서는 균굵기 직후의 처리와 유사한 경향이나 발이전 침수보다는 상태가 양호하였으며, 10.0% 처리에서도 무처리의 90%정도로 그 피해가 적었다.버섯생육도중 관수처리시는 10.0% 처리 이외는 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 10.0% 처리도 발이전 처리 및 발이후 처리보다는 생육특성이 양호하였다.자실체의 형태적 특성에 있어서는 처리시기별, 처리농도 별로 커다란 차이를 발견할 수 없었다.느타리버섯에 사용되고 있는 지하수의 수질을 분석한 결과 일부의 농가에서 부분적으로 먹는 물의 기준치에 초과하는 농도를 보이고 있으나 이것이 직접적으로 버섯재배에 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대해서는 확인할 수 없었다.

The objective of this study was to identify the variation of individual phenol content and antioxidant activity in commercial oyster mushrooms and phellinus mushrooms . The total phenol content varied from 3488.2 to 7161.9 g g-1 in oyster mushroom(Pleurotus spp.). The total phenol content varied from 23390.3 to 26878.3 g g-1 in phellinus mushroom, containing about from four times to seven times more than oyster mushrooms. Among the seventy nine oyster mushroom varieties examined, Bupyeongsoyeob had the highest total phenol content and Keunneutari 1 had the lowest total phenol content. Most of king oyster mushroom(Pleurotus eryngii) varieties and ferula oyster mushroom(Pleurotus ferula)had tendency of low total phenol content. EDA(Electron Donating ability) using DPPH varied from 9.3 to 73.6% in according to oyster mushroom varieties. Most of king oyster mushroom had low antioxidant activity. We believe that the content of functional substances like total phenol content and the antioxidant activities in commercial oyster and phellinus mushrooms could be improved and such varieties strengthed might be selected for the utilization of future breeding resources, based from the results of our study.

NaCl처리에 따른 느타리버섯균 및 푸른곰팡이균의 균사생장과 간척답 볏짚을 이용하여 느타리버섯의 재배 가능성 여부를 검토한 결과, salt 농도별 PDA배지에서의 버섯균의 균사생장은 대체적으로 0.2% 까지는 증가되며, 그 이상에서는 감소되는 경향이었다. 푸른곰팡이균은 0.5~1.0% 까지 거의 큰 차이가 없이 생장하였으며, 1.0~3.0%부터는 생장이 감소되기 시작하였고, 5.0% 에서는 현저히 감소되었다. 볏짚배지에 salt 농도별로 침수하여 버섯균의 균사생장은 한천배지와 같은 경향을 보였고, 병원균은 0.3%까지는 포자형성이 무처리구와 비슷하며, 0.5%에서는 포자형성이 감소되기 시작하여 5.0% 이상에서는 포자형성이 되지 않았다. salt 농도별로 처리된 볏짚배지에서는 처리농도가 증가함에 따라 NaO 함량은 높아졌으며, 살균전, 후 K2O는 감소되는 경향이었고, 수분함량은 NaCl 3.0% 까지는 비슷하였고 5.0%부터는 감소되었으며, pH는 뚜렷한 변화가 없었다. 볏짚배지 NaCl 농도별 처리에 따라 초발이소요일수는 차이가 없었으며, 버섯 수량은 무처리구와 비교하여 0.3% 처리구는 2,700g으로 수량이 비슷하였고 0.5% 이상에서는 수량이 감소된다. NaCl처리에 따른 침수용액 중의 EC는 볏짚 침수전보다 침수후에 높았으며, NaO 함량은 침수전, 후 모두 별다른 차이가 없었다. 볏짚종류에 따른 느타리버섯의 수량을 조사한 결과 간척답 볏짚이 일반답보다 약간 수량이 많았다.