Table 1.
Proximate composition of some edible mushrooms (% of dry matter).
| Species | Photo | Carbohydrates | Crude protein | Lipids | Ash | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaricus bisporus (white) |  |
74.0 | 14.1 | 2.2 | 9.7 | Reis et al. (2012) |
| Agaricus bisporus (brown) |  |
71.5 | 15.4 | 1.7 | 11.4 | Reis et al. (2012) |
| Flammulina velutipes |  |
70.9 | 17.9 | 1.8 | 9.4 | Pereira, Barros, Martins, and Ferreira (2012) |
| Hericium erinaceus |  |
57.0 | 22.3 | 3.5 | 9.4 | Mau, Lin, Ma, and Song (2001) |
| Lactarius deliciosus |  |
51.5 | 26.6 | 7.4 | 6.6 | Akata, Ergonul, and Kalyoncu (2012) |
| Lentinula edodes |  |
64.4 | 22.8 | 2.1 | 6.0 | Bisen, Baghel, Sanodiya, Thakur, and Prasad (2010) |
| Pleurotus eryngii |  |
81.4 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 6.2 | Reis et al. (2012) |
| Pleurotus ostreatus |  |
35.4 | 28.4 | 4.7 | 8.6 | Ahmed, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Bhuyan (2013) |
| Tricholoma matsutake |  |
36.7 | 14.3 | 5.0 | 8.9 | Liu, Wang, Zhou, Guo, and Hu (2010) |
| Volvariella volvacea |  |
50.0 | 28.0 | 3.3 | 10.0 | Mshandete and Cuff (2008) |