Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Japanese cultivated the mushroom by cutting shii trees with axes and placing the logs by trees that were already growing shiitake or contained shiitake spores. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Before 1982, the Japan Islands' variety of these mushrooms could only be grown in traditional locations using ancient methods. [ 12 ]
The stem is thick and fleshy and can be up to 2 cm (0.8 in) thick and 5 cm (2 in) long. The gills glow with a whitish light. Kawamura reported that the fungi can be seen from 30 m (100 ft) away at night, and that 100 square centimetres of glowing mushrooms allowed him to read Roman characters of 8 mm size by their light. [7]
Leland Bardwell (1922–2016), Irish poet, novelist and playwright; Leland Chapman (born 1976), American bounty hunter on the reality television series Dog the Bounty Hunter; Leland Christensen (1959–2022), American politician; Leland D. Melvin (born 1964), American engineer and retired astronaut; Leland Irving (born 1988), Canadian ice ...
This mushroom is rich in glycoprotein (HM-3A), marmorin, beta-(1-3)-glucan, hypsiziprenol, and hypsin therefore is a potential natural anticancer agent. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Shimeji mushrooms contain angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor which is an oligopeptide that may be helpful in lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of stroke ...
The mushroom has a broad, fan or oyster-shaped cap spanning 2–30 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 – 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches); [3] natural specimens range from white to gray or tan to dark-brown; the margin is inrolled when young, and is smooth and often somewhat lobed or wavy.
Irish stars Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson are among those who have paid tribute to writer, director and actor David Leland following his death at the age of 82.
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy fruit bodies of numerous species of macrofungi (fungi that bear fruiting structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye). Edibility may be defined by criteria including the absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Mushrooms that have a particularly desirable taste are described ...
Gondwanagaricites (meaning "Gondwanan mushroom fossil") is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. [1] It contains the single species G. magnificus , and it is the oldest known mushroom fossil known to date.