14 Health Benefits of Mushroom-a gift of nature Mushroom-a gift of nature is rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals characteristics of ‘functional foods. Mushroom or the toadstools are what we know as ‘The True Fungi’ belong to the division ‘Eumycota’. The major groups that fungi fit in are Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes. Mushrooms are spore-bearing gilled fruiting bodies with or without stems. Although there are many shapes and sizes of mushroom it is usually referred to ‘umbrella’ or ‘button’ shape. The fleshy…
