Mushrooms : cultivation, nutritional value, medicinal effect, and environmental impact / Shu-Ting Chang and Philip G. Miles.

Chapter 1 Overview
1. Introduction
II What are mushrooms?
III Magnitude of mushroom species
IV Ecological importance of mushrooms and fungi in general
V. Collection and classification of mushrooms
VI Justification for the term mushroom biology
VII. Impact of mushroom biology on human welfare
VIII. Mushroom Science
IX Development of mushroom science
Mushroom Biotechnology
XL Nongreen revolution
Chapter 2 the nutritional attributes of edible mushrooms
I introduction
II Nutritional attributes
Chapter 3 Medicinal value
I introduction
II Medicinal mushrooms
III Effects of medicinal mushrooms
Chapter 4 Overview of the biology of fungi
I Introduction
II the fungi etc
Chapter 5 Substrate and Mycelial growth
I introduction
General nutritional requirements for mushrooms growth
ii Preparation of substrate
Chapter 6 Sexuality and the genetic of basidiomycetes
Chapter 7 Mushroom formation effects of environmental, Nutritional and chemical factors
Chapter 8 Mushroom formation :Effects of genetic factors ; breeding
Chapter 9 Mushroom formation: Effects of pests and diseases in mushroom
chapter 10 Culture preservation
Chapter 11 World production of edible mushrooms etc

Includes bibliographical references and index.