Research Article

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

Table 1

List of wild culinary species collected from different localities of twenty species from northern Himalayas.

SpeciesCollection localityAltitude (meters)

Agaricus arvensis Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)2300
A. campestris Kullu (Himachal Pradesh)2200
A. comtulus Jhatingri (Himachal Pradesh)2300
A. silvicola Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh)1800
Amanita caesarea Janjehli (Himachal Pradesh)2500
A. citrine Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000
A. fulva Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000
Cantharellus cibarius Khajjiar (Himachal Pradesh)2400
Conocybe tenera Kufri (Himachal Pradesh)2400
Gymnopilus junonius Nanital (Uttarakhand)2300
Hygrocybe coccinea Jhatingri (Himachal Pradesh)2300
H. nivea Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh)1800
Inocybe splendens Sonamarg (Jammu and Kashmir)2800
Lactarius pubescens Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000
Laccaria laccata Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000
Lepista nuda Khajjiar (Himachal Pradesh)2400
Lentinus cladopus Bhadrol (Himachal Pradesh)1200
Pleurotus cystidiosus Palampur (Himachal Pradesh)1400
Russula lepida Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000
R. mairei Mcleodganj (Himachal Pradesh)2000