Far from being among the hottest scientific topics and a cultural hype, mushrooms have a long history of cultural uses. Food and medicinal uses are the best known and most recorded ones. Who feasted on mushroom-loaded extravagant banquets? Which species are considered among the tastiest? Which ancient texts spoke about mushroom medicine? What is the future of medicinal mushroom use, and how has...
Mushrooms have been used in traditional medicine for centuries, although only relatively recently they have become a subject of intensive studies as a source of potential drugs and products that could be used in the treatment of many disorders. Mushroom-forming fungi are shown to produce a vast number of unique metabolites that exhibit various biological effects; these include polysaccharides,...