> I'm a french student in food technology (in a french Grande Ecole) and I
> need some help. I 'd like to know the amino acids composition of
> penicillium cyclopium for my study.
> By the way, if you know another mushroom which uses lactose, please tell
> me.
>
Pythium irregulare, if memory serves me right, utilises lactose
preferentially instead of glucose. I'm sure that many yeast scan utilise
lactose, and I suspect that a wide range of fungi will metabolise it.