new and distinct varieties of superior basidiomycotas mushrooms, mushroom biomass, mycelial biomass, extract of a mushroom, pure submerged mycelial culture of coprinus comatus, pure submerged mycelial culture of mesenteric tremella, low soluble molecular weight b-glucan 3,4 Water insoluble linear b-glucan obtained from mesenteric tremella, glucuronixylomannan obtained from mesenteric tremella, food supplement, feed, pharmaceutical composition and agricultural composition.
New and distinct varieties of higher Basidiomycetes mushrooms selected from Coprinus comatus HAI-1237 and Tremella mesenterica HAI-17 deposited under The Budapest Treaty with the Centralbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) under Accession Nos. CBS 123401 and. CBS 123296, respectively, biomass and extracts thereof and isolated constituents such as b-glucans, fucogalactans and glucuronoxylomannans are disclosed, and their use as natural food supplements, nutraceuticals, prebiotics, beverage products, cosmetics, pet food, and agricultural insecticidal and anti-plant virus compositions
