Mushrooms in the Atlantic Forest: diversity and potential of edible species

• Grant number: 18/15677-0
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Nelson Menolli Junior
• Grantee: Nelson Menolli Junior
• Host Institution: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Adriana de Mello Gugliotta ; Alexandre Rafael Lenz ; Alisson dos Reis Canto ; Cassius Vinicius Stevani ; David S. Hibbett ; Diego Cunha Zied ; Vera Maria Valle Vitali
• Associated research grant(s): 25/02407-8 - Biogeographic delimitation and training in morphological and molecular identification of jelly fungi (Auriculariales, Dacrymycetales and Tremellales) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern and Southeastern Brazil, AV.BR; 24/02769-4 - Connecting basal fungal lineages to Brazilian mycologists to maintain and advance a limited research line in the country, AP.R SPRINT
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/10435-1 - Wild edible mushrooms from the Atlantic Forest: curation of biodiversity data and biological collections, BP.TT; 24/03033-1 - Taxonomy and phylogeny of jelly fungi (Basidiomycota) found in the Atlantic Forest of South and Southeast Brazil., BP.MS; 24/01348-5 - Edible mushrooms from the Atlantic Forest: cultivation on experimental scale, implementation of the IFungiLab culture collection and curation of the bibliographic databases, SinBIOTA and theFungarium FIFUNGI, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 22/16666-7 - Edible mushrooms from the Atlantic Rainforest: subsidies for molecular studies and phylogenetic systematics, BP.TT; 21/09109-1 - Diversity and phylogenetic relationships in Mycenaceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) with emphasis on species from Atlantic Forest., BP.PD; 21/10878-0 - Diversity and analysis of in vitro cultivation factors of wild edible mushrooms Lentinus spp., BP.MS; 21/00245-0 - Nutritional value of edible wild mushrooms Oudemansiella spp., BP.IC; 20/01998-9 - Edible mushrooms from the Atlantic forest: subsidies for molecular studies and culture, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

Commonly known as mushrooms, macroscopic fungi represent about 22,000 species of ecological, economic and medicinal importance, including several edible species also considered as functional food giving its nutritional value and benefits to human health. Despite the large diversity of macrofungi, the cultivation and commercialization of edible mushrooms in Brazil, although growing in the last decade, reaching 1,062 tons of mushrooms per month, is still restricted to the use of isolates from countries of temperate climate and limited to only few species. The use of isolates not adapted to our climatic conditions results in a high production cost to maintain the low temperatures during growth. Despite the historical records of mushrooms used as food by Amazonian indigenous populations, little is known about the occurrence of edible mushrooms in Atlantic Forest areas. Knowledge about wild mushrooms species can be very promising for diversity and cultivation studies aiming to a future insertion in the domestic market of edible mushrooms. Considering this, the present project aims to know the edible mushrooms and related species occurring in Atlantic Forest areas, and to study its cultivation potentialities. For this, it will be realized collection of edible mushrooms in Atlantic Forest areas in the state of São Paulo. After taxonomical identification through morphological and molecular characters, the mushrooms will be isolated in culture medium to evaluate the main parameters that are important to commercial mushrooms cultivation, such as: mycelial growth rate, enzymatic activity, adaptability to the cultivation substrate, cultivation potential and nutritional composition. Research on the potential of wild mushroom cultivation can contribute to the knowledge of macrofungi diversity in the country and lead to the discovery of isolates with higher productivity and more adapted to local conditions. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JACOB, MICHELLE CRISTINE MEDEIROS; SOUZA, ALICE MEDEIROS; DE CARVALHO, ALINE MARTINS; DE VASCONCELOS NETO, CARLOS FREDERICO ALVES; TREGIDGO, DANIEL; HUNTER, DANNY; PEREIRA, FILLIPE DE OLIVEIRA; BRULL, GUILHERMO ROS; KUNHLEIN, HARRIET, V; GUEDES DA SILVA, LARA JULIANE; et al. Food Biodiversity as an Opportunity to Address the Challenge of Improving Human Diets and Food Security. ETHNOBIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 12, p. 14-pg., 2023-01-01. (17/25754-9, 18/15677-0)

CALDAS, LHAIS A.; SOARES, DOUGLAS M. M.; MENOLLI, NELSON JR JR; STEVANI, V, CASSIUS; SARTORELLI, PATRICIA. etabolomics of the wild mushroom Gymnopilus imperialis (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) by UHPLC-HRMS/MS analysis and molecular networ. FUNGAL BIOLOGY, v. 126, n. 2, p. 132-138, FEB 2022. (18/15677-0, 17/22501-2, 16/24985-4, 19/12605-0, 18/25646-4)

SILVA-FILHO, ALEXANDRE G. S.; MOMBERT, ANDGELO; NASCIMENTO, CRISTIANO C.; NOBREGA, BIANCA B.; SOARES, DOUGLAS M. M.; MARTINS, ANA G. S.; DOMINGOS, ADAO H. R.; SANTOS, ISAIAS; DELLA-TORRE, OLAVO H. P.; PERRY, BRIAN A.; et al. Eoscyphella luciurceolata gen. and sp. nov. (Agaricomycetes) Shed Light on Cyphellopsidaceae with a New Lineage of Bioluminescent Fungi. JOURNAL OF FUNGI, v. 9, n. 10, p. 23-pg., 2023-10-01. (17/22501-2, 22/14964-0, 21/09109-1, 19/12605-0, 20/16000-3, 18/15677-0)

CALDAS, LHAIS A.; SANTOS, PATRICIA D.; CARBONERO, ELAINE R.; IONTA, MARISA; MIYAZAWA, MARTA; CAIXETA, ESTER S.; FREGNAN, ANTONIO M.; NOBREGA, BIANCA BARROS; DI MEDEIROS, MARIA CAROLINA B.; MENOLLI JR, NELSON; et al. Immunomodulatory Effect of Polysaccharides from the Mushroom-Forming Basidiomycete Gymnopilus imperialis (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). PHARMACEUTICALS, v. 15, n. 10, p. 13-pg., 2022-10-01. (22/09202-4, 18/15677-0, 16/24985-4, 19/12605-0, 17/22501-2, 18/25646-4)

SOUSA-GUIMARAES, DENYSE KALYNE; ALVES-SILVA, GENIVALDO; BITTENCOURT, FELIPE; CAMACHO, OLGA; MENOLLI JR, NELSON; GOES-NETO, ARISTOTELES; ROBLEDO, GERARDO L.; DRECHSLER-SANTOS, ELISANDRO RICARDO. A comprehensive phylogeny of Panus (Panaceae, Polyporales) and revisited Brazilian diversity. MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS, v. 23, n. 1, p. 28-pg., 2024-12-01. (18/15677-0)

DREWINSKI, MARIANA P.; ZIED, DIEGO C.; GOMES, EDUARDO P. C.; MENOLLI JR, NELSON. Cultivation of a Wild Strain of Wood Ear Auricularia cornea from Brazil. Current Microbiology, v. 81, n. 11, p. 11-pg., 2024-11-01. (17/25754-9, 18/15677-0)

HE, MAO-QIANG; CAO, BIN; LIU, FEI; BOEKHOUT, TEUN; DENCHEV, TEODOR T.; SCHOUTTETEN, NATHAN; DENCHEV, CVETOMIR M.; KEMLER, MARTIN; GORJON, SERGIO P.; BEGEROW, DOMINIK; et al. Phylogenomics, divergence times and notes of orders in Basidiomycota. FUNGAL DIVERSITY, v. 126, n. 1, p. 125-pg., 2024-07-09. (21/09109-1, 18/15677-0)

MENOLLI JR, NELSON; SANCHEZ-GARCIA, MARISOL. Brazilian fungal diversity represented by DNA markers generated over 20 years. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 51, n. 2, p. 729-749, JUN 2020. (18/15677-0, 09/53272-2)

MENOLLI JR, NELSON; SANCHEZ-RAMIREZ, SANTIAGO; SANCHEZ-GARCIA, MARISOL; WANG, CHAOQUN; PATEV, SEAN; ISHIKAWA, NOEMIA KAZUE; MATA, JUAN L.; LENZ, ALEXANDRE RAFAEL; VARGAS-ISLA, RUBY; LIDERMAN, LAUREN; et al. Global phylogeny of the Shiitake mushroom and related Lentinula species uncovers novel diversity and suggests an origin in the Neotropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 173, p. 15-pg., 2022-08-01. (18/15677-0)

PALACIO, MELISSA; DRECHSLER DOS SANTOS, ELISANDRO RICARDO; MENOLLI, NELSON JR JR; BORGES DA SILVEIRA, ROSA MARA. An overview of Favolus from the Neotropics, including four new species. Mycologia, v. 113, n. 4, p. 759-775, JUL 4 2021. (18/15677-0)

LI, HUILI; TIAN, YANG; MENOLLI JR, NELSON; YE, LEI; KARUNARATHNA, SAMANTHA C.; PEREZ-MORENO, JESUS; RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD MAHMUDUR; RASHID, MD HARUNUR; PHENGSINTHAM, PHENG; RIZAL, LEELA; et al. Reviewing the world's edible mushroom species: A new evidence-based classification system. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY, v. 20, n. 2, FEB 2021. (18/15677-0)

SOUZA, ADRIANA D.; DO NASCIMENTO, CRISTIANO C.; FREITAS, DALINE S.; MENOLLI, NELSON. Macrolepiota capelariae (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota): a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest with extended records to Argentina and Mexico. PHYTOTAXA, v. 576, n. 3, p. 14-pg., 2022-12-22. (18/15677-0)

DREWINSKI, MARIANA DE PAULA; ZIED, DIEGO CUNHA; MENOLLI JR, NELSON. First successful cultivation of wild strains of Irpex rosettiformis from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS, v. 24, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2025-02-21. (17/25754-9, 18/15677-0)

DREWINSKI, MARIANA P.; CORREA-SANTOS, MARINA P.; ZIED, DIEGO C.; MENOLLI JR, NELSON. Studies on domestication of two species of wild edible mushroom from Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 96, n. 4, p. 14-pg., 2024-01-01. (17/25754-9, 18/15677-0)

COELHO-NASCIMENTO, CRISTIANO; ZABIN, DENIS A.; SILVA-FILHO, ALEXANDRE G. DOS SANTOS; DREWINSKI, MARIANA P.; ALVES-SILVA, GENIVALDO; KOSSMANN, THIAGO; TITTON, MAHATMA; DRECHSLER-SANTOS, ELISANDRO R.; MENOLLI, NELSON. Unroughing the cat's tongue mushrooms: Four new species of Pseudohydnum from Brazil based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. Mycologia, v. 116, n. 5, p. 29-pg., 2024-08-08. (18/15677-0, 17/25754-9)

HYDE, K. D.; ABDEL-WAHAB, M. A.; ABDOLLAHZADEH, J.; ABEYWICKRAMA, P. D.; ABSALAN, S.; AFSHARI, N.; AINSWORTH, A. M.; AKULOV, O. Y.; ALEOSHIN, V. V.; AL-SADI, A. M.; et al. Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa. MYCOSPHERE, v. 14, n. 1, p. 53-pg., 2023-01-01. (18/15677-0)