Mineral Composition of Four Edible Mushrooms

Table 1

Major element concentrations (mg/100 g on dry weight basis) in four species of mushrooms.

Elements	Lentinula edodes	Lentinus  cladopus	Pleurotus florida	Pleurotus  djamor
Potassium	1302±101	59.3±10.2	2472±207	3634±122
Phosphorus	769.9±64.1	100.5±2.3	640.2±8.0	743.2±29.8
Calcium	174.9±34.3	129.9±26.1	8.27±0.2	34.2±29.9
Sodium	327.4±51.6	22.2±0.6	30.5±8.0	61.6±8.2
Magnesium	40.7±1.2	21.1±3.5	35.9±1.9	31.6±1.7

Each value is the mean of three replicate determinations ± standard deviation.