The Progress of Food and Medical on Values of Puff-balls

Abstract:

Puff-balls is a very distinctive macro-fungi in biodiversity.It is used to be a styptic，repellent and alexipharmic in China.This paper simply summarizes the puffball′s taxonomy in the fungi and its distribution in the world; and emphasizes on its composition，food uses，medical uses，herbalism studies and progress of researches on clinical applications.And it points out the patent prospect and current problems of the puff-balls.