Wild and cultivated mushrooms as a model of sustainable development

Abstract

The natural resources are currently overexploited and since 1992 the Conference of Rio de Janeiro has focused on sustainable development to safeguard our planet for future generations. The Fungi kingdom includes producers of goods and services for ecosystems and organisms widely used in the food industry. Besides, macrofungi are recognized as non-timber forest products and could be utilized as agents of environmental management through weed biocontrol and environmental improvement. Moreover, the cultivation of fungi, in particular truffles, can provide an important income in agroecosystems, especially in marginal areas, along with the development of new technologies to produce novel products from fungi.

Keywords:

• Weed biocontrol
• environmental management
• mushroom cultivation
• novel mushroom products
• truffles

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Prof. George Zervakis for his help with linguistic revision.

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D. Donnini

 1. [email protected]

M. L. Gargano

 2. [email protected]

C. Perini

 3. [email protected]

C. Murat

 4. [email protected]

S. Di Piazza

 5. [email protected]

E. Altobelli

 6. [email protected]

E. Salerni

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A. Rubini

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G. L. Rana

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M. Bencivenga

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R. Venanzoni

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A. Zambonelli

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