Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Molecular Biology, Cultivation, Active Compounds, Preservation and Processing
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 56
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cultivation techniques of edible fungi; the bioactive components of mushrooms; microbial enzymes; composting microorganisms; edible and medicinal mushrooms and their active component
Interests: cultivation and resource utilization of edible fungi; cultivation physiology of edible fungi; bioactive compounds of fungi; quality assessment of edible fungi; preservation and processing of edible fungi
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Edible and medicinal mushrooms are not only delicious food but also rich in various bioactive compounds, which are highly favored worldwide. With remarkable advancements in agricultural science and biotechnology in recent years, significant breakthroughs have been achieved in multiple aspects, including novel mushroom varieties, new raw materials, innovative cultivation techniques, newly discovered active components, fermentation processes, and preservation and processing technologies.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the research advancements in the field of edible and medicinal mushrooms, with a particular focus on new varieties, technologies, innovations, challenges, and potential applications. Topics of interest include new techniques for the artificial cultivation of mycorrhizal edible mushrooms such as truffles, advancements in the artificial cultivation of edible mushrooms like morels, molecular breeding of edible and medicinal mushrooms based on genetic engineering technologies, the isolation, identification, and efficient extraction of bioactive components, new technologies for preservation and processing, and technologies for the efficient utilization of spent mushroom substrate.
Prof. Dr. Guoqing Zhang
Dr. Yingyin Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- edible mushrooms
- medicinal mushrooms
- bioactive compounds
- functional omics
- preservation and processing
- cultivation techniques
- spent mushroom substrate
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