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Extracts from fruit bodies of 110 species of Japanese fungi were examined with trypsinized human and rabbit erythrocytes. More than 80% of the extracts showed the hemagglutination activities, a higher proportion than reported previously. Over half of species that had been reported to be inactive exhibited hemagglutination. Among them, some extracts showed human blood group specific-hemagglutination; A-specific,Panellus serotinus, Psathyrella piluliformis, Cantharellus cibarius andStropharia rugosoannulata; B-, O-specific,Gyroporus castaneus andPanellus stypticus; and Ospecific,Linderia bicolumnata andPhallus impudicus. Twenty-one species were reactive toward only rabbit erythrocytes. Several species exhibited very high hemagglutination activity. The results suggested that some of these Japanese fungi would be promising sources of lectins.
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Yagi, F., Sakai, T., Shiraishi, N. et al. Hemagglutinins (lectins) in fruit bodies of Japanese higher fungi. Mycoscience 41, 323–330 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02463945
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