TY - JOUR
T1 - The nutritional composition of selected wild edible mushrooms from Sicily (southern Italy)
AU - Gargano, Maria Letizia
AU - Palazzolo, Eristanna
AU - Venturella, Giuseppe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The wide consumption of wild fungi by the local population is the basis for an evaluation of the as yet unknown nutritionalcomposition of some selected species. Wild edible mushrooms (Fistulina hepatica, Infundibulicybe geotropa, Laetiporus sulphureus,Macrolepiota procera var. procera and Suillus granulatus) were collected in a number of Sicilian (southern Italian) forest ecosystemsand analysed according to standard methodologies of fungal analysis, for their basic composition (ash, water, protein, fat,carbohydrate and vitamin). The results showed that the investigated mushrooms could be suggested as a source of nutritionalelements for the human diet.
AB - The wide consumption of wild fungi by the local population is the basis for an evaluation of the as yet unknown nutritionalcomposition of some selected species. Wild edible mushrooms (Fistulina hepatica, Infundibulicybe geotropa, Laetiporus sulphureus,Macrolepiota procera var. procera and Suillus granulatus) were collected in a number of Sicilian (southern Italian) forest ecosystemsand analysed according to standard methodologies of fungal analysis, for their basic composition (ash, water, protein, fat,carbohydrate and vitamin). The results showed that the investigated mushrooms could be suggested as a source of nutritionalelements for the human diet.
KW - Mediterranean area
KW - fungi
KW - nutritional composition
KW - Mediterranean area
KW - fungi
KW - nutritional composition
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/61550
M3 - Article
VL - 63
SP - 79
EP - 83
JO - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
JF - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
SN - 0963-7486
ER -