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.