Journal
Notes on Lanmaoa asiatica
Taxonomy, ecology, chemistry and sample handling, written for people who will put the material under a microscope or into a mass spectrometer. Sources are cited inline.
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Lanmaoa asiatica fresh vs dried vs powder: which format suits you?
A practical comparison of the three formats by application, cost per gram of dry matter, storage life and the trade-offs each one brings for chemistry, molecular work and morphology.
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Storing Lanmaoa asiatica research samples
How to keep fresh, dried and powdered bolete samples usable: refrigeration windows, −80 °C freezing for RNA and metabolomics, silica drying for DNA, desiccated storage and aliquoting.
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Lanmaoa asiatica chemical composition: a literature review
What is known about the proximate composition, pigments and element content of Lanmaoa asiatica and related boletes, what remains unknown about its neuroactive constituent, and where the open questions are.
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Lanmaoa asiatica vs similar boletes
Red and pink bluing boletes share markets and forests with Lanmaoa asiatica. A side-by-side comparison of the characters that separate them, and why dried material needs DNA.
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Lanmaoa asiatica habitat and distribution
Host trees, altitude bands, monsoon timing and the known range of Lanmaoa asiatica, with notes on why habitat matters for the chemistry of research samples.
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Lanmaoa asiatica identification and taxonomy
Where the genus sits in the Boletaceae, the field characters that separate L. asiatica from other red bluing boletes, what to look for under the microscope and how ITS sequencing settles doubtful cases.
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What is Lanmaoa asiatica?
A red-capped, blue-staining bolete from the pine and oak forests of southwest China, named after a Ming-dynasty physician and best known outside mycology for a puzzling set of poisoning reports.