A potential nutraceutical mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus R. Heim from Puliebadze hill of Kohima (India) needs conservation: A report

T.Wabang; T. Ajungla

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A potential nutraceutical mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus R. Heim from Puliebadze hill of Kohima (India) needs conservation: A report

T. Wabang, T. Ajungla

Abstract :

Pleurotus citrinopileatus also called as golden oyster mushroom is a gilled, edible, medicinal and easy to cultivate oyster mushroom found growing in cold and high elevated Puliebadze hill of Kohima (India). Its fruit bodies are typical oyster mushroom like with a illiant yellow to golden own colour and fragile cap. It is considered one of the best edible oyster mushroom and reported to possess many medicinal properties, thus making it one of the choice mushroom to cultivate as a potential nutraceutical source. ?e overexploitation for consumption, habitat destruction and climate change are threats to its very existence.