title: The nutritional composition of selected wild edible mushrooms from Sicily (southern Italy).
abstract: The wide consumption of wild fungi by the local population is the basis for an evaluation of the as yet unknown nutritional composition 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 ecosystems and 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 nutritional elements for the human diet.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sistemi Agroambientali (SAGA), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Eristanna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palazzolo
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gargano
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venturella
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D004032:Diet; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012802:Sicily; D014197:Trees