Diversity and Production of Edible Mushrooms

Diversity and Production of Edible Mushrooms contains mainly biodiversity and conservation of mushrooms, organic mushroom production, problems of mushroom industry, commercial production of mushrooms and constraints and future strategies for mushroom production. The book also primarily focuses on production technologies as well as constraints of paddy straw mushroom and oyster mushroom. The medicinal value of the mushroom -Ganoderma lucidum is lucidly reviewed in the book. The book also contains rural seasonal structures for optimum production of mushrooms as well as processing, product development and value addition in mushrooms.