Impact of culture conditions and cultivation models on mycelial growth, agronomic traits and bioactive compounds of Ganoderma suae.

Optimal culture conditions for Ganoderma suae mycelial growth include 30 °C temperature, pH 5.5, maltose as the carbon source, soybean peptone as the nitrogen source, and MgSO4 as the inorganic salt.

• Why it matters: Understanding cultivation traits and bioactive compounds of G. suae is crucial for its medicinal and economic utilization, yet knowledge remains limited.
• What they did: Researchers investigated the effects of various culture factors through single factor and orthogonal tests, and compared agronomic traits and bioactive compounds across three cultivation models, including bag cultivation and three system types.
• The result: The study found that the understory cultivation model achieved the highest biological efficiency of 11.73 %, and mature fruiting bodies contained 1.54 % total triterpenoids and 0.90 % polysaccharides, enabling optimized cultivation strategies.