Mushrooms in Medicine and Culture

摘要

The exciting world of mushrooms is gaining recognition as a source of functional foods, new medicines, and nutraceuticals, notwithstanding the evidence of cultural and traditional use by ancient civilizations. Novel mushroom-based healthcare productsand therapeutics licensed for medical use can contribute to the good health status and feeling of the poverty-stricken strata of urban societies and populations. Indeed, mushroom cultural practices and medicines are being widely accepted as the integralskeins in the fabric of the human society of tomorrow.