There are many benefits for mushrooms. Some of the pertinent points are:
Valuable mineral content , especially trace minerals
Mushrooms are a great slimming food
Many mushrooms regulate cholesterol especially Shiitake and Pleurotus
Mushrooms are high in fiber as chitin, lignan and cellulose
Mushrooms are high is vitamins especially B vitamins
There is very little fat in mushrooms ; There is no cholesterol
Mushrooms are an excellent source of protein , including all amino acids
Some of the species are
Lentitins edodes Skittake
Trametes versicolor Turkey tail
Ganoderma lucidem Reishi
Inonotus obliquus Chaga
Wolfiporia cocos Hoelen, Fuling
Pleurotus spp Oyster Mushroom
Cordyceps militaris Cordyceps
Hericeum erinaceous Lion’s mane