Brazilian almond Egerling
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The Brazilian Almond Egerling or almond mushroom for short ( Agaricus subrufescens , Syn. A. brasiliensis , A. blazei ) is a type of mushroom from the mushroom relatives . It is named after the smell of the fruiting bodies, similar to almonds . In addition, this will mushroom and sun fungus and life fungus called. The mushroom has a slightly musty, sweet taste and is edible.
history
In 1947 the US taxonomist Murrill described the fungus and published his discovery under the name Agaricus blazei Murrill. In 2002 , however, a group of scientists around the researchers Wassermann and Didukh showed that this species is identical to the mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis , which has been known for a long time , so that this older name replaces the name of Murrill. The researchers Kerrigan succeeded in 2005 by DNA sequence analysis to prove that Agaricus brasiliensis (and thus Agaricus blazei Murrill) genetically identical to the already in 1893 described mushroom Agaricus subrufescens is Peck. As the oldest name, the latter is the only scientifically-historically correct one, so that the terms Agaricus blazei Murrill and Agaricus brasiliensis are obsolete.
Other researchers have also postulated the identity of this species with Agaricus sylvaticus Schaeffer (German: forest mushroom ), but there is still no conclusive evidence for this. Both mushrooms are at least not easy to distinguish because they are very similar to each other.
meaning
Because of its high β- D -glucan content, Agaricus subrufescens is used in alternative cancer therapy , mainly in Japan and California . Carefully designed studies comparing the therapeutic activity of isolated ingredients, complete mushroom extracts and epidemiological data are still lacking. The toxicological aspects were also not adequately investigated. In Asia and South America, Agaricus subrufescens has been demonstrably grown commercially since 1993 and sold as an edible mushroom.
literature
- Susanne Ehlers: Vital mushrooms. ISBN 3-00-018106-7
- Heinrich Serwas: Healing with the almond mushroom, Agaricus blazei. BoD-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9532-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ F. Firenzuoli, L. Gori, G. Lombardo: The Medicinal Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murrill: Review of Literature and Pharmaco-Toxicological Problems. In: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM. Volume 5, number 1, March 2008, pp. 3-15, doi : 10.1093 / ecam / nem007 , PMID 18317543 , PMC 2249742 (free full text).
- ↑ Komsit Wisitrassameewong et al .: Agaricus subrufescens: A review In: Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences , Volume 19, Issue 2, April 2012, pp. 131-146. doi : 10.1016 / j.sjbs.2012.01.003 .
