Mushroom Preservation Protocol

Abstract

Mushrooms are macro-fungi species due to their visible structures. This is one type of genetic resource and a material having immense potential. For example, it used as a source of food and pharmaceutical products. Globally, Mushrooms is consumed and introduced into a part of the daily diet in many countries due to their nutritional component and immune capacity building. To store/deposit mushroom for the next coming generation is vital in many ways such as biotechnological, pathological, taxonomical, environmental, ecological, medical, industrial, systematic and biodiversity applications or studies. This work discusses the mechanisms used to preserve in short and long terms. The actual standard protocols (such as sub-culturing, lyophilization, cryopreservation, inoculation of mycelia in malt extract agar, and inoculation of the spawn on a sterilized substrate like cereal seeds) which are already applied in many culture collection centers and supported with many cryo-biologist. Overall, Chemical, physical and biological methods are addressed and allowed for preservation.