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Chapter 10
Recent Developments in Shiitake
Mushrooms and Their Nutraceutical
Importance
Richa Salwan, Shabnam Katoch, and Vivek Sharma
10.1 Introduction
The mushroom production across the world has been categorized between Europe,
North America, and Australia on one side and Southeast Asia such as China and
Japan on the other side. European and American production is almost exclusively
linked to white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), whereas in Asian counterpart, it is dominated by shiitake, paddy straw mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea) and
the oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) (Chang and Miles 1991; Whiteford and
Thurston 2000). Shiitake (Lentinula) mushroom belongs to division Basidiomycotina,
which are wood-decaying fungi. Lentinula are gregarious in nature and especially
reported on fallen wood of broadleaf deciduous trees, especially on members of
family Fagaceae (Tokimoto and Komatsu 1978; Przybylowicz and Donoghue 1988)
such as chestnut, maple, sweet gum, oak, beech, poplar, alder, hornbeam, and mulberry under warm and moist climatic conditions (Wasser and Weis 1997). The geographic distribution of shiitake mushroom extends under natural conditions from
different countries such as India, Japan, china, New Zealand, Bhutan, and Nepal
(Pegler 1983; Shimomura et al. 1992). Shiitake were also reported growing on conifer wood in Kazakhstan representing Asia, South America, and North America,
Australia, and other continents (Samgina and Agailkovie 1981). However, it is
reported especially on Fagaceae; therefore, its identity from Kazakhstan may have
R. Salwan
College of Horticulture and Forestry, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry,
Hamirpur, HP, India
S. Katoch
College of Agriculture, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
V. Sharma (*)
University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University,
Mohali, Punjab, India
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
X. Dai et al. (eds.), Fungi in Sustainable Food Production, Fungal Biology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64406-2_10
Chapter 10
Recent Developments in Shiitake
Mushrooms and Their Nutraceutical
Importance
Richa Salwan, Shabnam Katoch, and Vivek Sharma
10.1 Introduction
The mushroom production across the world has been categorized between Europe,
North America, and Australia on one side and Southeast Asia such as China and
Japan on the other side. European and American production is almost exclusively
linked to white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), whereas in Asian counterpart, it is dominated by shiitake, paddy straw mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea) and
the oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) (Chang and Miles 1991; Whiteford and
Thurston 2000). Shiitake (Lentinula) mushroom belongs to division Basidiomycotina,
which are wood-decaying fungi. Lentinula are gregarious in nature and especially
reported on fallen wood of broadleaf deciduous trees, especially on members of
family Fagaceae (Tokimoto and Komatsu 1978; Przybylowicz and Donoghue 1988)
such as chestnut, maple, sweet gum, oak, beech, poplar, alder, hornbeam, and mulberry under warm and moist climatic conditions (Wasser and Weis 1997). The geographic distribution of shiitake mushroom extends under natural conditions from
different countries such as India, Japan, china, New Zealand, Bhutan, and Nepal
(Pegler 1983; Shimomura et al. 1992). Shiitake were also reported growing on conifer wood in Kazakhstan representing Asia, South America, and North America,
Australia, and other continents (Samgina and Agailkovie 1981). However, it is
reported especially on Fagaceae; therefore, its identity from Kazakhstan may have
R. Salwan
College of Horticulture and Forestry, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry,
Hamirpur, HP, India
S. Katoch
College of Agriculture, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
V. Sharma (*)
University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University,
Mohali, Punjab, India