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. 2023 May 25;12(11):2141. doi: 10.3390/foods12112141

Table 5.

Ergosterol and vitamin D2 contents and true retentions of vitamin D2 of cultivated and wild mushrooms (n = 3) (Mean ± SD).

Mushroom Type of Sample Ergosterol
(μg/100 g EP)
Vitamin D2 (μg/100 g EP) True Retention of Vitamin D2 (%)
Cultivated mushrooms:
Abalone mushrooms Raw 12,170 ± 57 0.67 ± 0.02 -
(Pleurotus ostreatus (FR.)) Boiled 13,860 ± 82 0.73 ± 0.02 100.0 ± 0.0
Stir-fried 16,200 ± 82 0.31 ± 0.02 37.8 ± 2.4
Bhutan oyster mushroom Raw 8340 ± 163 0.07 ± 0.01 -
(Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer) Boiled 15,053 ± 132 1.05 ± 0.11 100.0 ± 0.0
Stir-fried 19,233 ± 176 1.22 ± 0.15 100.0 ± 0.0
Grilled 22,347 ± 205 2.73 ± 0.16 100.0 ± 0.0
Enokitake mushroom Raw 9943 ± 2159 0.06 ± 0.01 -
(Flammulina velutipes) Boiled 11,037 ± 4317 0.06 ± 0.01 84.5 ± 14.0
Stir-fried 13,140 ± 1923 0.07 ± 0.01 97.8 ± 3.9
Grilled 13,687 ± 3209 0.06 ± 0.01 84.2 ± 13.6
Log black fungi mushroom
(Lentinus squarrosulus Mont)
Raw 11,093 ± 1434 1.05 ± 1.25 -
Boiled 14,433 ± 2655 0.43 ± 0.44 86.5 ± 17.2
Stir-fried 13,503 ± 2176 0.38 ± 0.45 87.9 ± 13.2
Log white fungi mushroom
(Lentinus polychrous Lev)
Raw 8480 ± 1819 2.31 ± 0.74 -
Boiled 9823 ± 3757 0.47 ± 0.14 16.2 ± 9.2
Stir-fried 11,140 ± 3020 0.24 ± 0.11 9.4 ± 1.9
Lung oyster mushroom
(Pleurotus pulmonarius)
Raw 12,973 ± 545 15.88 ± 7.31 -
Boiled 14,100 ± 516 12.35 ± 3.95 64.3 ± 30.9
Stir-fried 18,877 ± 2112 4.98 ± 2.23 27.0 ± 5.6
Grilled 17,870 ± 4050 11.29 ± 5.19 59.5 ± 36.0
Shiitake mushroom
(Lentinula edodes)
Raw 12,070 ± 2969 0.17 ± 0.08 -
Boiled 13,373 ± 4268 0.34 ± 0.27 85.9 ± 24.4
Stir-fried 17,957 ± 3642 0.35 ± 0.34 89.5 ± 18.5
Grilled 16,893 ± 2436 0.23 ± 0.13 74.5 ± 22.3
Straw mushroom
(Volvariella volvacea)
Raw 11,637 ± 3820 0.94 ± 0.60 -
Boiled 13,587 ± 4068 0.17 ± 0.15 4.3 ± 1.3
Stir-fried 14,663 ± 4259 0.06 ± 0.01 4.4 ± 1.2
Grilled 13,707 ± 4157 0.28 ± 0.28 5.1 ± 1.8
Wood ear mushroom
(Auricularia auricula-judae)
Raw 10,223 ± 3113 1.99 ± 0.46 -
Boiled 8937 ± 2650 1.62 ± 0.11 85.7 ± 17.9
Stir-fried 11,397 ± 2037 1.00 ± 0.04 49.4 ± 14.1
Wild mushrooms:
Half-dyed slender Caesar mushroom (Amanita hemibapha) Raw 7713 ± 3619 0.39 ± 0.46 -
Boiled 7340 ± 2313 0.36 ± 0.42 56.0 ± 7.5
Stir-fried 9617 ± 1104 0.82 ± 0.57 94.7 ± 9.1
Hygroscopic earthstar mushroom
(Astraeus hygrometricus)
Raw 17,273 ± 662 0.07 ± 0.01 -
Boiled 19,947 ± 52 0.06 ± 0.01 73.2 ± 12.9
Stir-fried 21,960 ± 684 0.33 ± 0.04 100.0 ± 0.0
Termite mushroom
(Termitomyces clypeatus Heim)
Raw 13,044 ± 3004 7.15 ± 0.67 -
Boiled 15,277 ± 1977 1.18 ± 0.78 11.4 ± 9.2
Stir-fried 18,660 ± 3507 0.71 ± 0.76 7.6 ± 9.8