MEDICINAL FUNGHI¶
LENTINULA EDODES (SHIITAKE)¶
Genus & Species: LENTINULA EDODES
Family: LENTINACEAE
Kind: BAASIDIOMYCOTINA
Macroscopic description:
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Medium size
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weight 60-70 grams
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Fleshy carpophore, dark brown in the center and lighter on the periphery.
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It lacks blades.
Growing Season: It is cultivated all year round, on wood and, in modern times, on synthetic blocks.
Habitat: The wood of the Shii tree saprophytes. It is originally from the East.
Medicinal Properties:
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Anticarcinogenic
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Support Immune System
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Support Cardiovascular Health
PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS¶
Genus & Species: PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS
Family: LENTINACEAE
Kind: BASIDIOMYCOTINA
Macroscopic description:
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Large size 5-20, flattened cap in the shape of an oyster or seashell, irregular edges and rolled margins (more open with age).
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Smooth cuticle, shiny, lead-grey, bluish-brown or dark-brown cuticle.
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Long, uneven blades.
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Foot very short, thick, sometimes lateral or eccentric and other times, null.
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White, firm, thick flesh, with an intense smell and pleasant flavor.
Growing Season: Spring to Autumn. Floods old or cut log stumps, helping the wood to break down in the soil (ecological paper).
Habitat: Saprophytic wood in deciduous forests (poplar, willow, beech), groves and coppices.
Medicinal Properties:
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Cholesterol Reducers
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Anticarcinogenic
LACTARIUS DELICIOSUS¶
Genus & Species: LACTARIUS DELICIOSUS
Family: RUSSULACEAE
Kind: BASIDIOMYCOTINA
Macroscopic description:
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Hat 5-15, cup-shaped, convex to extended.
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Orange or carrot color, the same as sheets, foot, meat and latex.
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Meat with a granular texture, compact, thick but fragile, whitish towards the center, when in contact with the air it shows an unchanging orange color.
Growing Season: Summer and autumn
Habitat: Associated with tree roots in coniferous or mixed forests, especially Insignis pine forests
Medicinal Properties:
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Antibiotic
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Indicator of Renal Activity
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Dyeing
COPRINUS COMATUS¶
Genus & Species: COPRINUS COMATUS
Family: COPRINACEAE
Kind: BASIDIOMYCOTINA
Macroscopic description:
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White monochrome.
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Young ovoid hat, later flared.
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Abundant brown scales or fringes.
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Free thin blades, white when young, then pink and finally black, dripping with black ink.
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Long foot (up to 15 cm in height), slender, cylindrical.
Growing Season: Summer and autumn
Habitat: Open areas, meadows, ditches or roadsides, riverside trees. It is also cultivated. It usually comes out in large colonies.
Medicinal Properties:
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Antidiabetic. Helps regulate metabolic syndrome.
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Hepatoprotective.
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Supports in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections.
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Adjuvant in cystic fibrosis and other degenerative lung diseases.
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Vitamins B,C,D,E
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Dyeing
