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Termitomyces sp. R. Heim

 

Solitary, grows in soil and also on termite mounds. The specimen was collected from Tungareshwar (Thane district).

 

Morphology:

 

Culinary value:

 

Several species of Termitomyces are edible, delicious. One of the Termitomyces species, T. clypeatus contains 91.3% water content, ash 0.81%, protein 4.1%, fat 0.22% and carbohydrate 1.13%1. Fruit bodies are cooked with mustard oil and spices.

 

Medicinal importance:

 

Ethano-medicinal use: Termitomyces clypeatus is used in the treatment of the pox. Fruit body is pasted and applied to the affected area2.

 

Industrial importance:

 

Enzymes produced by T. clypeatus and their applications3:

Enzymes

Applications

α-Amylase

Starch syrups, fermentation, ethanol, animal feed 

β-Amylase                                         

Brewing, maltose syrup   

Cellulase          

Animal feed      

β -Glucosidase                                       

Transforms isoflavone phytoestrogens in soymilk    

Glucoamylase      

Manufacture of dextrose syrup and high-fructose syrup 

Xylanase

Baking, fruit juice manufacture    

Invertase

 

Manufacture of invert syrup from cane or beet sugar

Pectinase

 

Fruit processing       

Proteases

Brewing, baking goods, protein processing, distilled

spirits

 

 

Unique features:

 

Lack of information

 

Interesting facts:

 

People of Lumle village in Nepal believed that while collecting Termitomyces species after picking from the ground a central black part of pileus should keep in the hole made by its stipe so that in next season same person could collect mushroom. By leaving pileus portion over there allows spores to grow for next cycle4.

 

Commercial products:

 

Lack of information

 

Review of patents:

 

Lack of information

 

Review of publications:

 

  1. 1.Comparative nutrient composition of T. clypeatus and other four wild edible mushrooms species were studied from two agro-ecological zones of Uganda. This study was carried out to encourage the people there to consume mushrooms along with their normal diets to fight with malnutrition problems5.
  2. 2.Antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials of T. clypeatus extracts along with 3 other mushrooms from Nigeria were studied. The results indicated that these four mushrooms may serve as sources of new bioactive compounds with effective antioxidant and antimicrobial activity6.
  3. 3.The biomass of T. clypeatus was used to remove chromium from aqueous solution and found to be most effective. Thus, the chromium concentrations from effluents of tannery industry can be reduced by using T. clypeatus7.

 

Links to more publications:

 

  1. 1.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27180294
  2. 2.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12467451
  3. 3.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008621515001627

 

 

Classification8:

 

 

Kingdom:

Fungi

Division:

Basidiomycota

Class:

Agaricomycetes

Order:

Agaricales

Family:

Lyophyllaceae

Genus:

Termitomyces

Species:

sp.

   

Related links:

 

  1. 1.http://www.mycobank.org/name/Termitomyces%20clypeatus&Lang=Eng
  2. 2.http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d49ddc2937eb8b1a26d3136032b50a2a

 

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