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Table 1
Mushroom-mediated nanoparticles and their applications
Mushroom
Localization
Nanoparticles Size (nm) Shape
Application
References
Agaricus bisporus
Intracellular
Ag
15–20
Spherical
Antimicrobial activity
Sudhakar et al. (2014)
Extracellular
Ag
30
Spherical
Antimicrobial activity
Haq et al. (2015a, b)
Extracellular
ZnS
3–201
Cubic
Selenite uptake rate,
Nano-tunned devixe
Senapati et al. (2015)
Calocybe indica
Intracellular
Ag
100
Spherical
Antibacterial activity
Mirunalini et al.
(2012)
Coriolus versicolor
Intracellular
Ag
10
Spherical
Antimicrobial activity
Sanghi and Verma
(2009a)
Extracellular
CdS
100–200
Spherical
Semiconductor quantum
dots
Chowdhury et al.
(2014)
Lentinula edodes
Extracellular
Ag
–
Antibacterial activity
Sujatha et al. (2013)
Intracellular
Au
5–15
Spherical
Anticancer activity
Vetchinkina et al.
(2016)
Helvella lacunose
Extracellular
Ag
8–50
–
Antimicrobial activity
Sudhakar et al. (2014)
Ganoderma
appalanatum
Extracellular
Ag
3–15
–
Antimicrobial activity
Philip (2009)
Ganoderma
lucidium
Extracellular
Ag
10–70
Spherical
Antimicrobial activity
Karwa et al. (2011)
Intracellular
Au
5–15
Spherical
Anticancer activity
Vetchinkina et al.
(2016)
Ganoderma
neo-japonicum
Extracellular
Ag
5–8
Spherical
Anticancer activity
Gurunathan et al.
(2013)
Grifola frondosa
Intracellular
Au
5–15
Spherical
Anticancer activity
Vetchinkina et al.
(2016)
Fomes fomenterieus
Extracellular
Ag
8–50
Spherical
Antibacterial activity
Deepak et al. (2015)
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