69 From the Editor-in-Chief
70 General Information About the Conference
Honorary Lectures
79 Beneficial Effects of Mushrooms, Edible and Medicinal, on Health Care@English, Japanese
Tetsuro Ikekawa, Japan
80

A 40-Year Journey Through Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Wastes to Mushrooms and Dietary Supplements
Shu-Ting Chang, Hong Kong, Australia
81 Agaricus bisporus (J. Lge) lmbach and Its Close Relatives: Their Present Status, Use, and Future in Commerce and Research
L. J. L. D. Van Griensven, Netherlands
82 Mushrooms: The Extent of the Unexplored Potential
David L. Hawksworth, Spain, UK
General Lectures
85 Managing the Intellectual Assets of Mushroom Genetic Resources
Shung-Chang Jong, USA
86

Medicinal Mushrooms: Modern Clinical Uses Overview
Christopher Hobbs, USA
87 Antimicrobial Activity of Basidiomycetes
Artur Smânia, Júnior, Franco Delle Monache, Clarice Loguercio-Leite, Elza F. A. Smânia, and Alexandra L. Gerber, Brazil
88 Pharmacology and Clinical Application of Ganoderma lucidum (Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. Spores
Geng Tao Liu, China
89 Antitumor Phlysaccharides from Edible Mushrooms and Immunomodulating Action Against Murive Macrophages
Masashi Mizuno, Sachiko Kawakami, Takashi Hashioto, Hitoshi Ashida, and Ken-ichiro Minato, Japan
90

Studies on Protoplast Fusion of Basidiomycetes
Byong Kak Kim, Mi Ja Shim, and Ha Won Kim, South Korea
91 Hyporcholesterolemic Activity of the Genus Pleurotus (Fr.) P. Karst. (Agaricales s.l., Basidiomycetes)
Nina Gunde-Cimerman and Ana Plementitas, Slovenija
92 Insights into the Cultivation of Polyporaceae Mushrooms: The Ancient Ones
Paul Stamets, USA
93 Studies on Medicinal Mushrooms at the National Ukrainian Culture Collection
Asya S. Buchalo, Ukraine
94

Dietary Supplements from Medicinal Mushrooms: How We Are Going to Ensure Their Quality and Safety
Solomon P. Wasser, Dmitry Sokolov, Eviatar Nevo, Sergey Reshetnikov, and Miron Timor-Tismenetsky, Ukraine, Israel
95 Medicinal Fungi in Mexco: Traditions, Myths, and Knowledge
Bastón Buzmán, Mexico
96 New Data from the Ethnomycology of Psychoactive Mushrooms
Giorgio Samorini, Italy
97 Mushrooms and Man in Medicine, Myth, and Religion
Hans-Peter Molitoris, Germany
98

Traditions of Using Medicinal Mushrooms Among the Nations of the World
Nina P. Denisova, Russia
99 Pharmacological Studies on Certain Mushrooms from China
Vincent E. C. Ooi, Hong Kong
100 Prevention of Oxidative Damage to Cellular DNA by Mushroom-Derived Components
Y-L. Shi, A. E. James, I. F. F. Benzie, and J. A. Buswell, Hong Kong
Symposia Lectures and Poster Presentations
103-253
General Lecture
257
Book Review
279