Tiger milk mushroom, also known as: sclerotia fungus, tiger milk fungus, tiger milk Ganoderma lucidum, tiger milk mushroom, Poria cocos, etc. The sclerotia of tiger milk mushroom is irregular clumps, round or oblate spherical, with different sizes, generally 3 10 cm in diameter and 25-8cm, the surface is mostly yellowish-white, a few light yellow, the outer skin is reddish-brown when mature, the outer skin is thin and rough, there are obvious wrinkled textures, occasionally small transverse cracks, or nodulous protrusions. The body is light, loose, can float on the water surface when entering the water, the section is uneven, white or yellowish-white, and granular. The gas is slight, the taste is light, the chew is grainy, and slightly sticky. Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia, Hong Kong and coastal areas of China call tiger milk mushroom sclerotia "tiger milk" in traditional Chinese medicine. According to folklore, the milk of the tigress drops in the soil and air after giving birth, produces fungi and absorbs the essence of the heaven, earth, sun and moon and gradually forms sclerotia and fruiting bodies, which grow in the soil or tiger's den, and the mycelium twists into sclerotia and fruiting bodies during the growth process, and the sclerotia is a bit like tiger claws, which is an extremely rare natural medicinal material.
Nutrients Protein content The crude protein content of tiger milk mushroom was determined to be 251%。Higher than enoki mushroom (225%), black fungus (105%), Matsugue mushroom (17%), Bamboo sunflower (18%), morel mushroom (22.)6%), Tremella fuciformis (61%), with shiitake mushrooms (25.27%).
Amino acid content From Table 1, it can be seen that the total amount of 17 amino acids of tiger milk mushroom reaches 15086%, of which 7 essential amino acids contain 787%, accounting for 50% of the total amino acids36%, which is higher than most edible mushrooms. The content of leucine and isoleucine in the determined essential amino acids was relatively high, accounting for 53 of the total essential amino acid content77%。The content of glutamic acid and aspartic acid in non-essential amino acids is also quite high.
Amino acid content of fruiting body of tiger milk mushroom (%)
Amino acid content Amino acid content
Essential amino acids
Threonine 0795 Isoleucine 2229
Valine 0823 Phenylalanine 0866
Methionine 0123 Lysine 0738
Leucine 2003 Tryptophan Not tested
Non-essential base acids
Aspartic acid 1469 Alanine 0848
Serine 0815 Cystine 0215
Glutamic acid 1737 Tyrosine 0433
Proline 0295 Histidine 0330
Glycine 0682 Arginine 0685
Polysaccharide content The content of water-soluble polysaccharides (in terms of glucose) was 9 mg g.
The results of the determination of mineral elements showed that tiger milk mushroom contained potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, iron, manganese and other mineral elements, and the content (mg kg) was high, especially the potassium and phosphorus content.
The results of nutrient composition analysis showed that tiger milk mushroom was rich in nutrients and high in nutritional value, containing high protein, essential amino acids, minerals and active polysaccharides, etc., and was an ideal health and nutritional food.
Dry the sclerotia slices and beat them into a fine powder with a grinder or mill (through a 120-mesh sieve). The fruiting body can also be dried or ground to make cakes with tiger milk mushroom fine powder and rice flour, flour, sugar, etc.; It can be made into drinks with oat flour, lotus root flour, milk, sugar, and various soups and vegetables with fish and meat.