Compositional Differences of the Winter Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Flammulina velutipes (Agaricomycetes), under Three Types of Light Conditions

Int J Med Mushrooms. 2017;19(3):267-276. doi: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v19.i3.90.

Abstract

The focus of this study was to investigate the effect of light on the cultivation and the amounts of bio-active components in Flammulina velutipes. The mushrooms were cultivated under fluorescent tube (T8) grow lights, lightemitting diodes (LEDs), and cold-cathode fluorescent lamps. The biological efficiency of the T8 lights was the highest, at 92%. The crude fat content, crude fiber content, polysaccharide content, and ergosterol content were highest under the LEDs, at 2.9 g/100 g, 7.9 g/100 g, 3.9 g/100 g, and 1.4 mg/g, respectively. Moreover, vitamin D2 (1.9 μg/g) was generated only under light from LEDs. Principal component analysis showed that F. velutipes cultivated under the 3 different lighting conditions showed different profiles for proximate composition, nutritional compounds, and principal fatty acids.

MeSH terms

  • Dietary Fiber / analysis
  • Ergocalciferols / analysis
  • Ergosterol / analysis
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Flammulina / chemistry*
  • Flammulina / growth & development
  • Flammulina / radiation effects*
  • Food / radiation effects*
  • Food Analysis*
  • Light*
  • Polysaccharides / analysis

Substances

  • Dietary Fiber
  • Ergocalciferols
  • Fatty Acids
  • Polysaccharides
  • Ergosterol