Table 5. Glucosamine content (μg g–1) of wood ear mushroom and lingzhi mycelia and the corresponding increase (fold)
| Mushroom species | Wood species | Wood meal | Hot-water extracted wood meal | Ethanol–toluene extracted wood meal | Increasing of mycelia growth rate |
| Hot-water extracted wood meal | Ethanol–toluene extracted wood meal |
| Ear mushroom | W1 | 122.0 ±21.8 | 484.9 ±55.1 | 563.4 ±130.1 | 3.97 | 4.62 |
| W2 | 112.1 ±12.9 | 866.9 ±84.3 | 412.6 ±25.0 | 7.73 | 3.68 |
| W3 | 40.4 ±34.6 | 152.4 ±55.9 | 530.3 ±97.2 | 3.77 | 13.12 |
| W4 | 79.1 ±24.7 | 763.7 ±150.2 | 573.7 ±146.1 | 9.65 | 7.25 |
| Lingzhi or reishi | W1 | 104.3 ±16.8 | 629.4 ±18.9 | 598.5 ±34.1 | 6.04 | 5.74 |
| W2 | 108.8 ±19.9 | 478.7 ±49.2 | 716.2 ±72.6 | 4.40 | 6.58 |
| W3 | 36.6 ±24.5 | 619.1 ±18.9 | 786.4 ±21.8 | 16.91 | 21.48 |
| W4 | 36.6 ±2.6 | 520.0 ±68.2 | 432.2 ±40.3 | 14.21 | 11.81 |
W1: mango, W2: mahogany, W3: black rosewood, W4: jackfruit.