Special Issue on Edible Mushroom Resources

Edible Mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye). They can appear either below ground (hypogeous) or above ground (epigeous) where they may be picked by hand. Edibility may be defined by criteria that include absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste andaroma. Edible mushrooms are consumed by humans ascomestibles for their nutritional value and they are occasionally consumed for their supposed medicinal value. Mushrooms consumed by those practicing folk medicine are known as medicinal mushrooms and they include many fungal species that are either harvested wild or cultivated.As one of the most important research fields of human life, edible mushroom resources is of great attractions to researchers.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original researches and review articles on exploring edible mushroom resources. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Edible fruit bodies
• The nutrition value of mushrooms
• Medicinal mushroom
• Mushroom cultivation
• The spiritual purposes of mushroom
• Extracts mushrooms
• Mushroom hunting
• King bolete

Authors should read over the journal’s Authors’ Guidelines carefully before submission, Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal at Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue’’ under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue – Edible Mushroom Resources” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

Guest Editor:

Dr. Wattasit Siriwong

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

For further questions or inquiries

Please contact Editorial Assistant at

nr@scirp.org