Edible mushrooms, due to their flavour and nutritional characteristics, are very popular in many dishes. Some species are high valuated and reaching high market values. There are frequent reports of adulteration of these kinds of products due to the presence of fungal species less expensive among others with high-value market. This adulteration occurs especially in products in which the flavour is not prominent...
Trás-os-Montes region is considered one of the richest regions of Portugal concerning the existence of wild mushrooms. In the present work, was studied the volatile profile of three species of wild mushrooms, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Clitocybe odora and Tricholoma fracticum. These species have different flavours, namely radish-, anise-like odor, and not distinctive or slightly mealy odor, respectively. The vol...
Wild edible mushrooms are a natural resource with a high nutritional and economic value. Several studies have demonstrated that the commercially mushroom harvesting could be an important additional source of income in both developing and developed countries. The species most appreciate in the entire world are ectomycorrhizal (EM) and are usually the most valued. This aspect derived essentially from the difficul...
Due to the problems caused by the use of chemical insecticides for humans and environment alternative pest control methods are an important topic of research. The use of microbial insecticides especially fungal agents are an attractive and promising alternative for biological control of insect pests. The aim of this work was to identify naturally occurring entomophatogenic fungi on the olive moth, Prays oleae B...
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