Table 2.

Summary of methylation analysis of water-insoluble polysaccharides extracted from macromycetes fungi

Species	Linkages	Feature	Molar amounts (%)
L. edodes	Glcp-(1→	Non-reducing end	0.9
	→3)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→3)-Bond	67
	→4)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→4)-Bond	27.3
	→3,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	0.9
	→4,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	3.9
P. ostreatus	Glcp-(1→	Non-reducing end	4
	→3)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→3)-Bond	82.8
	→4)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→4)-Bond	7.4
	→3,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	4.5
	→4,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	1.3
P. betulinus	Glcp-(1→	Non-reducing end	3.3
	→3)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→3)-Bond	84.6
	→4)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→4)-Bond	6
	→3,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	1.9
	→4,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	4.2
L. sulphureus	Glcp-(1→	Non-reducing end	3.3
	→3)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→3)-Bond	91.2
	→4)-Glcp-(1→	α-(1→4)-Bond	3
	→3,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	1.5
	→4,6)-Glcp-(1→	Branching site	1