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Light Color Changes Lion's Mane Growth

Light Color Changes Lion's Mane Growth

Lion's mane

What they found

Lion's mane showed 550–677 differentially expressed proteins depending on light wavelength, with blue light triggering the most unique proteins.

Lion's mane showed 550–677 differentially expressed proteins depending on light wavelength, with blue light triggering the most unique proteins.

The number

550–677 differentially expressed proteins

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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At a glance

Latin name

Hericium erinaceus

Hericium erinaceus

Published in

Frontiers in Fungal Biology

Frontiers in Fungal Biology

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Section

GROWING & GOURMET

GROWING & GOURMET

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Light-Driven Growth Shift

Light-Driven Growth Shift

Lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) showed 550–677 differentially expressed proteins depending on light wavelength, with blue light triggering the most unique proteins and RGB producing the broadest metabolic response. Across conditions, 4,618 proteins were identified, with 560 consistently expressed and hundreds shifting based on light-driven pathways tied to metabolism, energy production, and biosynthesis. Lighting directly controls growth efficiency and bioactive compound production during cultivation.

Lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) showed 550–677 differentially expressed proteins depending on light wavelength, with blue light triggering the most unique proteins and RGB producing the broadest metabolic response. Across conditions, 4,618 proteins were identified, with 560 consistently expressed and hundreds shifting based on light-driven pathways tied to metabolism, energy production, and biosynthesis. Lighting directly controls growth efficiency and bioactive compound production during cultivation.

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