“…This species has a worldwide distribution and can be found in tropical or subtropical forests (Guerrero and Homrich, 1999;Putzke, 2002;Rosado et al, 2002). This mushroom has been produced in vitro in several agro-industrial substrates as castor plant peel, rice straw, sugarcane bagasse, cotton waste, soybean straw, corn cob, elephant grass, oat, rye grass, sunflower seed, eucalyptus sawdust, stillage and privet (Rosado et al, 2002;Donini et al, 2005;Bernardi et al, 2007;Minotto et al, 2008;Nascimento et al, 2008;Aguiar et al, 2010;Reis et al, 2010).…”