Abstract:Taking the metabolic amount of Lentinus edodes mycelium exopolysaccharide, cadmium adsorption of exopolysaccharide and the mycelia biomass as indicators, the carbon source, carbon source level, nitrogen source level, culture time and initial cadmium concentration in the medium as single factors, the ability of Lentinus edodes mycelium to secrete extracellular polysaccharide against the stress of heavy metal cadmium in the environment was further analyzed. The results showed that the natural malt extract was rich in nutrition and was the most suitable carbon source to promote the synthesis of exopolysaccharide. The higher the concentration of carbon source, the more it can promote the synthesis of exopolysaccharide to resist cadmium toxicity. Nitrogen source can promote the conversion of saccharide to polysaccharide, and the nitrogen carbon ratio of 1:15(1.33 g) is the best. At low cadmium concentration, the extracellular polysaccharide metabolism was not high. The environmental cadmium concentration increased, and the extracellular polysaccharide metabolism ability increased significantly.