Authentication of mushroom commodities often relies on visual identification, including microscopy. The methods usually involve physical observation with high subjectivity, which may lead to mushroom-product fraud and mislabelling.
This review (purchase required) covers molecular methods and “chemical” methods coupled with chemometrics and/or artificial intelligence. These include DNA barcoding, which is an identification strategy based on the DNA sequence of the mushroom sample, specifically the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. The review discusses the advancements in the usage of both DNA barcoding and chemometrics-coupled methods in the authentication of mushrooms and their derivative products; and how these can solve some major hurdles relating to mushroom products.
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