The legitimate scientific name of the valuable medicinal mushroom "Niu-Chang- Chih" known only from Taiwan

S.-C. Jong

Mushrooms equal water conservation

R. H. Kurtzman, Jr.

Mushrooms and water

Peter P. Kalberer

Mushroom prices and their effect on consumption: the case of Mexico

Y. Mayett,D. Martínez-Carrera,M. Sobal,P. Morales

Invertase production by Aspergillus and Penicillium and sequencing of an inv gene fragment

A. C. Flores-Gallegos,F. Castillo-Reyes,C. B. Lafuente,J. C. Loyola-Licea

Reply - water conservation

Ralph H. Kurtzman, Jr.

Cultivation of the edible mushroom Auricularia polytricha using sawdustbased substrate made of three Indonesian commercial plantation species, Falcataria moluccana, Shorea sp., and Tectona grandis

D. Irawati,C. Hayashi,Y. Takashima,S. Wedatama

Sequence variation of Pleurotus species collected from Eastern Asia

A. Imtiaj,T. S. Lee,S. Ohga

KINETIC STUDIES OF INVERTASE PRODUCTION BY XEROPHILIC ASPERGILLUS AND PENICILLIUM STRAINS UNDER SUBMERGED CULTURE

F. Veana,C. N. Aguilar,R. Rodríguez Herrera

BLANCHING PROCESS OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS (PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS) AND ITS EFFECT ON PARAMETERS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INTEREST IN ARGENTINA

M. B. Vullioud,R. Rusalen,A. De Michelis

Fungal diversity in soil samples from a Mexican region with endemic dermatomycoses

R. Munguía-Pérez,E. Díaz-Cabrera,N. Martínez-Montiel,J. Mu？oz-Rojas

Tannase production under solid and submerged culture by xerophilic strains of Aspergillus and their genetic relationships

A. A. de la Cerda Gómez,M. H. Reyes Valdés,N. P. Meléndez Rentería,R. Rodríguez Herrera

The good and the bad: fungi in Africa

R. H. Kurtzman Jr.

CULTIVATION OF TRAMETES VERSICOLOR IN MEXICO

D. González Guerrero,V. Esparza Martínez,R. de la Torre Almaráz

Studies on the production of commercially important phytase from Aspergillus niger st-6 isolated from decaying organic soil

A. Tahir,B. Mateen,S. Saeed,H. Uslu

PRODUCTION OF FUNGAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS THROUGH SOLID STATE FERMENTATION: A CASE STUDY ON PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS AGAINST ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES

D. Brand,C. R. Soccol,A. Sabu,S. Roussos

Rese a de "Hacia un Desarrollo Sostenible del Sistema de Producción-Consumo de los Hongos Comestibles y Medicinales en Latinoamérica: Avances y Perspectivas en el Siglo XXI" de D. Martínez-Carrera, N. Curvetto, M. Sobal, P. Morales y V. M. Mora (Eds.)

METAL IMPURITIES IN THREE EDIBLE MUSHROOMS COLLECTED IN ABRAKA, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

S. M. Ayodele,O. D. Odogbili

GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEXICAN SPECIES OF PLEUROTUS ANALYZING THE ITS-REGION FROM RDNA

G. Huerta,D. Martínez-Carrera,J. E. Sánchez,H. Leal-Lara

Radial growth of Aspergillus and Penicillium spores exposed to laboratory disinfectants

F. I. Okungbowa,A. O. Usifo

The editors wish to thank the following for reviewing manuscripts submitted during 2009

Ventilation for mushroom cultivation: the importance of the needs of mushrooms and of the gas laws

R. H. Kurtzman, Jr.

HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF POLYSACCHAROPEPTIDES FROM PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS MYCELIUM ON THIOACETAMIDE-INTOXICATED MICE

F. M. Refaie,A. Y. Esmat,A. S. Daba,W. M. Osman

Cocos nucifersa's Watery endosperm as a potential culture medium for fungal growth

F. M. M. T. Marikar

A new method for tracking Pathways of humans searching for wild, edible fungi

L. Pacheco-Cobos,M. Rosetti,R. | Hudson

New long-season ecotype of Morchella rufobrunnea from northern Israel

S. Masaphy,L. Zabari,D. Goldberg

Cultivation of Pleurotus pulmonarius on substrates treated by immersion in alkaline water in Guerrero, Mexico

T. Bernabé-González,M. Cayetano-Catarino

Characterization of Polysaccharopeptides from Pleurotus ostreatus mycelium: assessment of toxicity and immunomodulation in vivo

F. M. Refaie,A. Y. Esmat,A. S. Daba,S. M. Taha

Integrated management of fusarial wilt of eggplant (Solanum melongena) with soil solarization

M . R. Chakraborty,N. C. Chatterjee,T. H. Quimio

Mushrooms in developing countries - 2008

R. H. Kurtzman, Jr.

A survey of the arbuscular mycorrhiza occurrence in paepalanthus bromelioides and Bulbostylis sp. in rupestrian fields, Brazil

M . C. Pagano,M. R. Scotti

Production of Exopolysaccharide by Endophytic Stemphylium SP.

D. Banerjee,M. Jana,S. Mahapatra

Antioxidant properties of extracts obtained from Grifola gargal mushrooms

J. de Bruijn,C. Loyola,P. Aqueveque,J. Ca？umir

Obituary for Dr. Oswald Hilber

Jan I. Lelley

A new method for producing hybrid strains of the entomopathogenic fungus verticillium lecanii (lecanicillium spp.) through protoplast fusion by using nitrate non-utilizing (nit) mutants

D. Aiuchi,K. Inami,M. Sugimoto,R. Shinya

Spent oyster mushroom substrate in a mix with organic soil for plant pot cultivation

R. I. López Castro,S. Delmastro,N. R. Curvetto

Influence of heat treatment on the antioxidant properties of grifola gargal hydro-alcoholic extracts

J. De Bruijn,C. Loyola,P. Aqueveque,J. Ca？umir

List of reviewers. The editors

Production of fumagillin by Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from traditional trituration units, Maasra , in Morocco

K. Lamrani,H. Lakhtar,M. Ismaili Alaoui,M. Ettalibi

Antifungal activity of several fungi against plant pathogens

C. Espinoza,G. Viniegra González,O. Loera,B. Velásquez

Rese a de: "Wood production, wood technology, and biotechnological impacts" de U. Kües (Ed.)

D. Martínez Carrera

Characterization and cultivation of Psilocybe barrerae

E. Montiel,J. C. Barragán,I. Tello,V. M. Mora

Shake flask studies for the production of penicillin G acylase from Aspergillus niger

N. Bashir,Q. Syed,M. A. Kashmiri

Mapping of a SCAR marker tightly linked to the B mating type locus of Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushroom) by tetrad analysis

K. Miyazaki,A. Tanaka,S. Shiraishi

Mushroom cultivation using the ZERI principle: potential for application

S. T. Chang

Growth of Trichoderma viride on bean (Phaseolus) pod solid basal medium

F. I. Okungbowa,A. Z. Ogbimi

Comparative spore germination of filamentous fungi on solid state fermentation under different culture conditions

H. Hassouni,M. Ismaili Alaoui,K. Lamrani,I. Gaime Perraud

Micología aplicada internacional. Indexes for volumes 16,17 and 18 (2004-2006)

Mushrooms in developing countries

R. H. Kurtzman Jr.

List of reviewers