Relationship between the carbohydrate specificity of lectins and the carbohydrate composition of the Lentinus edodes (Berk.) sing [Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler] mycelium at different stages of its morphogenesis

摘要

The specificity of lectins from the basidiomycete Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing [Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler] during solid-state cultivation was found to be maximum to carbohydrates detected in the pyridine-soluble fraction of mycelium during the brown mycelial film stage. The carbohydrate composition of the mycelium (i.e., its content of maltose, rhamnose, mannitol, and inositol) was found to be different upon normal fruiting body formation and when the nonpigmented mycelium produced defective fruiting bodies.