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Antifungal and antibacterial activities of 108 extracts from 36 species of mushrooms in Korea were screened. The powder of fruiting body of each mushroom was extracted with petroleum ether, 80% ethanol and distilled water subsequently. Among these, five extracts including the ethanol extract of Agaricus subrtuilescens, seven extracts including the water extract of Amanita virosn, nine extracts inducing the water extract of Amanita pantherina and twenty flue extracts including the water extract of Lycoperdon perlatum showed antibiotic activities against yeasts, fungi, Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria, respectively.
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