Mushrooms-The Incredible Factory for Enzymes and Metabolites Productions

Abstract

Mushrooms are fungi belonging to the higher phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. In fact the name mushroom refers to a fruiting body, formed by several hyphae that grow upwards and produces spores (basidiospores). These spores are invisible to the naked eye and spread with the wind, with water or even attached to the body of animals. The fruiting fungus is the structure of sexual reproduction and has different shapes and colors.