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First successful domestication and determination of nutritional and antioxidant properties of the red ear mushroom Auricularia thailandica (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)

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In order to fulfill the increasing demand for edible mushrooms and maintain a steady supply throughout the year, it is necessary to domesticate new wild edible mushroom species. In this study, we domesticated Auricularia thailandica, a newly identified edible species that was collected from the wild in Thailand. We compared the growth of A. thailandica in three different growth media: sawdust, wheat husk and sugarcane bagasse. The use of sawdust resulted in the fastest rate of mycelial colonisation at 56.4 ± 1.2 days, pinheads were formed in 14.2 ± 0.4 days and the biological efficiency was 17.1 ± 2.8%. Nutritional analysis showed that A. thailandica contained a higher proportion of protein (12.99 ± 0.05%) and fat (2.93 ± 0.66%) by dry weight than other commercial Auricularia spp. available on the market. The antioxidant potential of A. thailandica varied with the extraction solvent used, and the effective concentration was found to be significantly lower in methanol extract than aqueous extract. Additionally, this species has an attractive reddish orange colour and larger basidiocarps than other commercially available species.

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We would like to thank CGIAR Research Program 6: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, the Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, under the 12th 5-year National Key Technology Support Program (NKTSP) 2013BAB07B06 integration and comprehensive demonstration of key technologies on Green Phosphate-mountain Construction for providing the financial support for this study. Asanka R. Bandara thanks Ding Lingzhi, Zhu Mingyuan, Wang Xia, Naveen Dissanayake and Kritsana Jutuwong for supporting the experiments. Andrew Stevenson is thanked for the English editing. Kevin D. Hyde thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences, project number 2013T2S0030, for the award of Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists at Kunming Institute of Botany. Samantha C. Karunarathna thanks Yunnan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security funded postdoctoral project (number 179122) for supporting his postdoctoral research study.

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    Asanka R. Bandara, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Peter E. Mortimer, Kevin D. Hyde, Sehroon Khan & Jianchu Xu

  2. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

    Asanka R. Bandara, Kevin D. Hyde & Pattana Kakumyan

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    Samantha C. Karunarathna, Peter E. Mortimer, Kevin D. Hyde, Sehroon Khan & Jianchu Xu

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Bandara, A.R., Karunarathna, S.C., Mortimer, P.E. et al. First successful domestication and determination of nutritional and antioxidant properties of the red ear mushroom Auricularia thailandica (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota). Mycol Progress 16, 1029–1039 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-017-1344-7

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