Influence of strains and environmental cultivation conditions on the bioconversion of ergosterol and vitamin D2 in the sun mushroom.
BACKGROUND
The fungus Agaricus subrufescens is grown commercially in China, the USA, Brazil, Taiwan and Japan, among others. However, each country adopts a cultivation system that significantly influences the agronomical parameters and chemical composition of the harvested mushrooms. In this study, the influence of the cultivation process on the content of ergosterol and vitamin D2 was evaluated.


RESULTS
Four commercial strains of A. subrufescens (ABL 04/49, ABL CS7, ABL 18/01 and ABL 19/01) and two environmental cultivation conditions (in the field and a controlled chamber with the absence of sunlight) were used. Infield cultivation, ABL CS7 and ABL 19/01 strains presented better agronomic parameters, whereas in a protected environment ABL 19/01, ABL 04/49 and ABL 18/01 demonstrated better performance, respectively. The highest biological efficiency value (64%) was provided by ABL 19/01 strain in a controlled environment.


CONCLUSION
The highest content in ergosterol (990 mg kg-1 ) and vitamin D2 (36.8 mg kg-1 ) were observed in mushrooms obtained in the field from strain ABL 04/49, which presents reasonable agronomic parameters for cultivation. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
['Vieira Junior|Wagner Gonçalves|WG|', 'Centeio Cardoso|Rossana Veviana|RV|', 'Fernandes|Ângela|Â|', 'Ferreira|Isabel Cristina Fernandes Rodrigues|ICFR|https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-4882', 'Barros|Lillian|L|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-5189', 'Pardo-Giménez|Arturo|A|', 'Mendel Soares|Douglas Moraes|DM|', 'Stevani|Cassius Vinicius|CV|', 'Zied|Diego Cunha|DC|https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2279-4158']
Agaricus subrufescens field controlled chamber production quality screening of mushroom