WORLDWIDE TRENDS OVER THE PAST DECADE

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• AVAILABILITY OF MORE SPECIES OF EDIBLE MUSHROOMS

  • The “Big Six” Mushrooms

  • The Non “Big-Six” Mushrooms

  • Total World Production of Mushrooms

    • Pleurotus

    • Auricularia

    • Tremella

    • Flammulina

• DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINALS

  • Introduction

  • Ganoderma lucidum

  • Coriolus versicolor

  • Lentinula edodes

  • Other Mushrooms

• CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES

  • Introduction

  • Developments in Agaricus

    • In Taiwan

    • In Indonesia

    • Composting

  • Cultivation of Some Specific Mushrooms

    • Morchella

    • Dictyophora

    • Hericium

    • Efforts with Mycorrhizal Mushrooms

  • Improvements in Bag Cultivation

  • Centralized Production of Compost and Marketing for Small Farms

• ACCEPTANCE IN WESTERN WORLD OF MORE SPECIES

• INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA

  • Establishment of Concept of Mushroom Biology

    • Recognition of Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Mushrooms