Damian López-Peña

The genus Ganoderma has been little studied in arid areas worldwide. Ganoderma subincrustatum and Ganoderma weberianum strains were obtained from the Sonoran Desert, Sonora, Mexico. Ganoderma spp. synthesize triterpenoids such as ganoderic acids with antiproliferative activity because they inhibit specific targets, induce apoptosis, and increase th...

Background: Ganoderma is a complex genus with high morphological variability. Ganoderma subincrustatum is a common parasite and saprophytic species, and its circumscription is doubtful for some authors. The aim of this study was to analyze the morphological variability of wild and cultivated specimens of G. subincrustatum. Methods: Ganoderma subin...

Lentinus edodes (shiitake) is a basidiomycete that has been consumed for more than 2000 years because of its nutritional value and health benefits. It has a low lipid content, high fiber content, and a considerable amount of proteins; it also contains B vitamins and minerals in addition to a wide range of functional metabolites including polysaccha...

Grapes are widely produced in northwestern Mexico, generating many wood trimmings (vineyard prunings) that have no further local use. This makes vineyard prunings a very attractive alternative for the cultivation of white-rot medicinal mushrooms such as Lentinus edodes. This type of wood can also offer a model for the evaluation of oxidative enzyme...

MORENO, G., M. LIZÁRRAGA & D. LÓPEZ-PEÑA (2017). A new species of Didymium (Myxomycetes), confused with other species with similar morphology. Bol. Soc. Micol. Madrid 41: 23-30. A new species, Didymium aggregatum, collected on wheat straw (Poaceae) wastes, is described from Chihuahua (Mexico). LM and SEM photographs illustrate the most representati...

Seven species of Ganoderma: G. applanatum, G. curtisii, G. lobatum, G oerstedii, G. sessile, G. sessilifor- me, and G. weberianum are discussed. Ganoderma lobatum and G. oerstedii are new records for Sonora, while G. sessile and G. weberianum for Mexico. The genus has a wide distribution in Sonora, being found in oak, oak-pine, pine-oak, open oak f...

Sonora, mientras que G. sessile y G. weberianum para México. El género tiene una amplia distribución en Sonora, en donde se encuentra en bosque de encino, encino-pino, pino-encino, encino abierto e incluso en zonas xerófilas con mezquital. Ganoderma oerstedii se encontró en la base de Stenocereus thurberi, que lo hace el primer registro sobre una c...

RESUMEN Se presentan siete registros nuevos de hongos gasteroides y tres de mixomicetes para la micobiota de la Sierra de Mazatán, Sonora, una zona prioritaria para ser declarada como área natural protegida. Sphaerobolus stellatus se cita por primera vez para la micobiota sonorense. Palabras clave: Taxonomía, corología, diversidad, Islas del Ciel...

Seven new records of gasteroid fungi and three of myxomycetes for the mycobiota of the Sierra de Mazatán, Sonora, a priority area to be declared as protected, are presented. Sphaerobolus stellatus is cited for the first time for the Sonoran mycobiota.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomass production, the kinetic growth parameters and the chemical composition of Lentinula edodes mycelia produced in submerged cultures supplemented with vineyard prunning extracts (aqueous, ethanol, chloroform and toluene). Strains IE-105 and IE-245 of L. edodes and three basic culture media were eval...