Combining fungal species geographic distribution and ecological structure to implement accurate models of potential harvesting yield of wild edible mushroom species

野生蘑菇的收获在加拿大是一项蓬勃发展的活动，主要在魁北克，安大略和不列颠哥伦比亚省。野生蘑菇的收获被一些人视为一种娱乐活动，也引起了商业兴趣，现在，许多公司都在从事这些蘑菇的采摘、改造和销售。然而，与商业 ** 产品相比，为寻找好的采摘区而投入的时间意味着较高的零售价格。高零售价格主要可以由两个因素解释：1）野生蘑菇是少量采摘的，它们可以在很短的时间内获得，因此大多数人不会将它们包括在他们的日常饮食中，2）对识别缺乏信心使消费者不愿意为潜在的有毒产品支付高价。后者的理由是，加拿大是几个有毒和致命物种的宿主，如果消费者完全确定这些物种的身份，他们会更容易消费这些产品（并支付）。然而，MAPAQ（魁北克）和加拿大食品检验局（CFIA）都缺乏人员、能力和工具来准确识别野生蘑菇。Progigraph精心设计的项目希望解决这两个问题：供应和安全。通过 ** 分子条形码的开发和使用，Progigraph将增加其目前的蘑菇收获 ** 预测GIS数据库。此外，Progigraph将使用最先进的长读序Illumina测序技术来 ** 评估环境复杂样本，直至物种水平。生成的条形码将通过国际生命条形码数据库（iBOLD）公开 **，然后可供MAPAQ** 和CFIA以及监管机构使用。

Wild mushroom harvesting is a booming activity in Canada, mostly in Québec, Ontario and British-Columbia.**Considered by some as a recreational activity, the harvest of wild mushrooms has also raised a commercial**interest and now, numerous companies are engaged in picking, transformation and sale of those mushrooms.**However, the time invested to find good picking areas entails a high retail price compared with commercial**products. The high retail price can be explained essentially by two factors: 1) wild mushrooms are picked in**small quantities, they are available during a short period and therefore most people don't include them in their**regular diet, 2) the lack of confidence in the identification renders the consumers hesitant to pay a high price**for a potentially toxic product. The latter can be justified by the fact that Canada is host of several toxic and**some deadly species, if consumer would be entirely sure of the identification they would more readily consume**(and pay for) those products. However, both the MAPAQ (in Québec) and the Canadian Food Inspection**Agency (CFIA) lack the personnel, the ability and the tools to provide an accurate identification of the wild**mushrooms. The project crafted by Progigraph want to tackles these two issues: supply and security. Through**the development and use of molecular barcodes Progigraph will add to its current mushroom harvesting**predictive GIS database. Moreover, Progigraph will use new state-of-the-art long read Illumina sequencing to**assess environmental complex samples down to the species level. The generated Barcodes will be made public**through the International BarCode of Life Database (iBOLD) and will then be available for use by the MAPAQ**and CFIA and regulatory organisms.