Status and Trend of R&D of Medicinal Mushroom in China from the View Point of 5th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference

Abstract:

The 5th international medicinal mushroom conference was held from Sep 5th to 8 th,2009,in Nantong of China.This international medicinal mushroom forum held every two years,a series of academic topics were presented and discussed in different technical programs.Almost every area in research and development of medicinal mushroom such as taxonomy,ecology,germplasm depositories,cultivation techniques,fermentation processes,nutritional attributes and medicinal effects of medicinal mushroom were covered in the conference,in which some will still be important research fields of international medicinal mushrooms.Meanwhile,the conference provided the potential clues for China medicinal mushroom research.Compared with that of the international research progress,there is both opportunities and challenges for the development of medicinal mushroom in China.