Wild mushrooms are a vital source of income and nutrition for many poor communities and
of value to recreational foragers. Literature relating to the edibility of mushroom species …

Mushrooms are a recognized component of the human diet, with versatile medicinal
properties. Some mushrooms are popular worldwide for their nutritional and therapeutic …

Modern analytical techniques have confirmed traditional beliefs that mushrooms represent a
valuable source of bioactive agents," mushroom nutriceuticals", that exhibit many different …

The aim of this handbook is two-fold: to provide everyone from the scientist to the amateur
mycologist with a broad overview of mushroom poisoning that is both instructive and …

Recent estimates of the number of fungi on Earth range from 500K to 9.9 million species, of
which 74− 120K are named. A working figure of 1.5 million species is generally accepted …

Ingestion of wild and potentially toxic mushrooms is common in the United States and many
other parts of the world. US poison centers have been logging cases of mushroom exposure …

Mycophiles forage for and pick vast quantities of a wide variety of wild mushroom species.
As a result, mushroom intoxications are comparatively frequent in such countries with …

Food scientists will dig into this robust reference on mushrooms Mushrooms as Functional
Foods is a compendium of current research on the chemistry and biology, nutritional and …

Worldwide, special attention has been paid to wild mushrooms-induced poisoning. This
review article provides a report on the global pattern and characteristics of mushroom …

Mushrooms are fungi, biologically distinct from plant-and animal-derived foods (fruits,
vegetables, grains, dairy, protein [meat, fish, poultry, legumes, nuts, and seeds]) that …