“…Sparassis species (cauliflower mushroom) are edible/ medicinal mushrooms commonly found throughout the temperate regions of northern hemisphere including Eastern Asia (China, Japan, and Korea), growing at the base of coniferous trees (Abies holophylla, Larix kaempferi, Pinus densiflora, and P. koraiensis,) or on oaks (Desjardin et al 2004;Ryoo et al 2013). The mushroom has been cultivated in Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and the US by using sawdust-based media of several conifers, oaks, alder, cottonwood, aspen, and elm (Ryu et al 2009;Stamets 2000). Various kinds of cultivation methods were developed to produce the mushroom more efficiently by using coniferous sawdust-based media (Park et al 2005;Park et al 2011;Ryu et al 2009;Sou et al 2013).…”