Mushrooms: Nature’s Boon
Kavita Rambal
Department of Botany, Maharshi Dayanand College of Arts, Science& Commerce. Parel, Mumbai 400012 (India) kavita.rambal@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Mushrooms represent important but least utilized resources of nature. They have a wide variety and still many need to be discovered. They have a great nutritional value besides having medicinal use. These have a low glycemic index most suited to people affected by diabetes. Mushrooms are used as antioxidant and deliver surprising array of essential vitamins and minerals. These are excellent choice for lowering uric acid levels in people suffering from gout. Besides augmenting the food availability its production is a great boost enriching the ecosystem by the utilization of tremendous agricultural and human waste which otherwise would have only resulted in the production of green house gases.