摘要：To identify the species of mushrooms mainly for the distinction of poisonous mushrooms from edible ones, thin layer isoelectric focusing analysis was applied on their water-soluble proteins. 1. The electrophoretic profiles were species-specific. The proteins extracted from the cap and stem in a species gave essentially identical profiles. 2. The profiles of cap proteins of 10 individuals of Akamomitake (Lactarius deliciosus) were indifferent, indicating that the intra-species variation of water-soluble proteins was little. 3. The heat treatment at higher than 60°C, for 10 min, of the water-soluble proteins of Dokutsurutake (Amanita virosa) caused temperature-dependent disappearance of protein bands, while not significant change up to 60°C. 4. The values of pI and relative peak height of isoelectro-focused water-soluble protein bands were numerically expressed. These numerical values were species-specific, indicating that mushroom species might be identified by analyzing the water-soluble proteins with a verification of the tables of these numerical values. 5. The present method was applied for the identification of poisonous Kusaurabenitake (Rhodophyllus rhodopolius) mixed in Urabenihoteishimeji (Rhodophyllus crassipes) which caused a food poisoning incident. The former mushroom was satisfactorily identified by this method.
