Abstract
1) Fresh matsutake mushroom contained nearly 90%water arid other volatile components, leaving just 10% of it behind when it was dried up at 105°C.Meanwhile, naturally rotten one in its habitat could be dried up into 9%, and artificially rotten one into 5%. The matsutake mushroom remarkably increased the amount of volatile components during the course of its corruption.
2) Fresh matsutake mushroom once increased water-soluble nitrogenous components in their amount when it was stored, while they diminished rapidly as the corruption began and progressed.
3) Protein-nitrogen in the water-extract increased in the first course of corruption, but it decreased again as the time went on.
These observations made the author expect that the autolysis of matsutake mushroom occurred Dreeedinv its rnmintion.
