Advantages of Mushrooms - Mushrooms offer the following advantages:

(i) they utilize substrates of poor value and are easy to produce,

(ii) they are delicious to eat and have good flavour,

(iii) they are rich in protein (about 51 % on dry weight basis)

(iv) they are rich in vitamins, particularly, micotinic acid and riboflavin, and their vitamins are well preserved during cooking, drying, etc., and

(v) they are devoid of starch, which makes them suitable for diets of diabetic individuals.