Mushrooms
are very nutritious products that can be generated from lingo-cellulosic waste materials;
and are in rich in crude fibre and protein. In fact, mushrooms also contain low
fat, low calories and good vitamins. In addition, many mushrooms possess
multi-functional medicinal properties.
Mushroom
cultivation technology is friendly to the environment. The production of edible
and medicinal mushrooms utilizing, for example, paddy straw, cotton wastes,
coffee waste, water hyacinth, tree saw dust, sugar cane Bagasses, wild grasses
and various categories of refuse and lingo-cellulosic wastes, could readily be
adopted in Asian and Pacific communities in sophisticated, but low technology
approaches.
