Research Article

Chemical, Bioactive, and Antioxidant Potential of Twenty Wild Culinary Mushroom Species

Table 2

Percent chemical composition of twenty wild culinary mushroom species collected from northern Himalayan regions.

SpeciesProtein Crude fat Fibres Ash Carbohydrates

Agaricus arvensis 22.63 ± 0.2l0.22 ± 0.0a 2.11 ± 0.0c0.96 ± 0.0a57.12 ± 2.7m
A. campestris 18.38 ± 0.6j0.12 ± 0.0a 1.17 ± 0.0b0.87 ± 0.0a43.45 ± 2.4j
A. comtulus 12.85 ± 0.2f0.20 ± 0.0a 1.93 ± 0.0b 0.30 ± 0.0a39.28 ± 3.8i
A. silvicola 17.14 ± 0.1i0.26 ± 0.0a 1.82 ± 0.0b 0.54 ± 0.0a 48.53 ± 3.2k
Amanita caesarea 19.72 ± 0.3h 0.21 ± 0.0a 1.18 ± 0.0b0.42 ± 0.0a 42.16 ± 1.9l
A. citrine 11.12 ± 0.1e0.17 ± 0.0a1.62 ± 0.0b0.40 ± 0.0a 27.15 ± 3.2a
A. fulva 10.11 ± 0.1d 0.22 ± 0.0a1.83 ± 0.0b0.11 ± 0.0a 32.12 ± 2.3d
Cantharellus cibarius 18.19 ± 0.5j 0.27 ± 0.0a2.08 ± 0.0c 0.55 ± 0.0a 56.42 ± 2.9m
Conocybe tenera 8.61 ± 0.3c 0.25 ± 0.0a0.91 ± 0.0a0.26 ± 0.0a 37.10 ± 3.7h
Gymnopilus junonius 14.23 ± 0.1g 0.23 ± 0.0a1.23 ± 0.0b0.41 ± 0.0a 49.29 ± 7.3k
Hygrocybe coccinea 12.15 ± 0.6f 0.34 ± 0.0a1.08 ± 0.0b 0.20 ± 0.0a 36.44 ± 2.3g
Hygrocybe nivea 7.60 ± 0.2b 0.26 ± 0.0a1.14 ± 0.0b0.16 ± 0.0a 32.14 ± 2.3d
Inocybe splendens 5.16 ± 0.4a0.38 ± 0.0a 0.85 ± 0.0a0.11 ± 0.0a 31.19 ± 2.5c
Lactarius pubescens 15.12 ± 0.7h0.24 ± 0.0a1.98 ± 0.0b0.44 ± 0.0a 32.40 ± 2.0d
Laccaria laccata 10.14 ± 0.4d0.10 ± 0.0a1.95 ± 0.0b0.36 ± 0.0a 30.18 ± 4.2b
Lepista nuda 10.18 ± 0.7d0.25 ± 0.0a 1.26 ± 0.0b0.21 ± 0.0a 33.13 ± 5.2e
Lentinus cladopus 18.59 ± 0.9j0.24 ± 0.0a2.42 ± 0.0c 0.49 ± 0.0a 56.49 ± 2.1l
Pleurotus cystidiosus 20.69 ± 0.3k 0.20 ± 0.0a2.16 ± 0.0c0.42 ± 0.0a 52.20 ± 3.6n
Russula lepida 12.10 ± 0.4f0.28 ± 0.0a1.19 ± 0.0b0.17 ± 0.0a 34.15 ± 4.3f
R. mairei 11.03 ± 0.9e0.22 ± 0.0a1.38 ± 0.0b 0.13 ± 0.0a36.40 ± 3.1g

Values are expressed as mean ± SE and different letters represent the significant difference in each column with according to Tukey’s test.