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2024-03-20
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FORESTS: RESERVOIRS OF GLOBAL MYCOCULTURAL HERITAGE AND MYCOLOGICAL RESOURCES
2024-03-20Forests constitute a biocultural and genetic reservoir of paramount importance for wild mushrooms worldwide. Mushrooms have been used during millennia as food, medicine, and many species also have broad biotechnological applications. The relationship between humans and the use of mushrooms growing in the forests is as ancient as our species. Additionally, the annual global trade of edible wild mushrooms collected from the forests is worth billions of dollars due to dramatic cultural changes by the world's population searching for healthier food, so mushroom cultivation also constitutes a research frontier area of great relevance.
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