PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of highly efficiently collecting ergothioneine from mushrooms.SOLUTION: The method for collecting mushrooms is for stabilizing production of ergothioneine by adding an appropriate quantity of cystine and cysteine to a culture medium of mushrooms, and further adding disulfide compound to the culture medium.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】きのこ類からエルゴチオネインを高率に採取する方法の提供。【解決手段】きのこ類の培地に適量のシスチン、システインを加え、更にジスルフイド化合体を添加し、エルゴチオネインの生産を安定化する、きのこ類の採取方法。【選択図】なし