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Biochemical Characterization of Some Wild Edible Mushrooms from Jammu and Kashmir

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Five wild edible mushroom species, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Boletus edulis, Geopora arenicola, Morchella deliciosa and Sparassis crispa collected from different regions of Jammu and Kashmir were biochemically characterized for their nutritive value and a significant variation was observed among them. The total protein, phenol, crude fibre and ash content of these mushrooms were estimated on the dry weight basis which ranged from 16.2 ± 0.72 to 31.3 ± 1.15 mg/g, 5100 ± 100.0 to 11,500 ± 866.0 mg/kg, 3.9 ± 0.05 to 6.5 ± 0.50 %, 4.9 ± 0.11 to 9.9 ± 0.11 %, respectively. Also, these investigated macrofungal species were found to contain some important minerals like Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe. Of these, iron was the most dominant mineral followed by zinc, copper and manganese. This study suggests that these investigated wild edible mushrooms are rich in nutrients, minerals and due to the presence of phenols these may be used as source of natural antioxidants.

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The authors are thankful to Prof. N.S. Atri, Prof. T.N. Lakhanpal, Dr. R.C. Upadhyay and Dr. C.K. Pradeep for helping in the identification of the mushroom species. Thanks are due to Head Department of the Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, for providing laboratory facilities. The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Prof. Sushil Kumar Gupta, Division of Agro-Forestry, SKUAST for their valuable help. The first author also gratefully acknowledges the financial support from DST (Department of Science and Technology).

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    Pratibha Lalotra, Pinky Bala, Sanjeev Kumar & Y. P. Sharma

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Lalotra, P., Bala, P., Kumar, S. et al. Biochemical Characterization of Some Wild Edible Mushrooms from Jammu and Kashmir. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 88, 539–545 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-016-0783-2

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