%0 Journal Article %A Venturella, Giuseppe %A Palazzolo, Eristanna %A Saiano, Filippo %A Gargano, Maria Letizia %D 2015 %I Begell House %K culinary-medicinal mushrooms, Pleurotus eryngii, mushroom strains, cultivation, cultural-morphological studies, nutritional composition, Italy %N 2 %P 199-206 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v17.i2.110 %T Notes on a New Productive Strain of King Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus eryngii (Higher Basidiomycetes), a Prized Italian Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,153df053409c56bf,053311d1587c1ab4.html %V 17 %X In this paper, the authors provide data on a culinary-medicinal, host-specific variety of P. eryngii species-complex that is known in Italy as "cardoncello". A species description, the techniques of isolation of a new strain (C-142-c), and the preparation of the substratum are illustrated. Data on the productivity of substratum inoculated with C-142-c strain and the nutritional value of cultivated "cardoncello" mushrooms are also provided. %8 2015-02-26