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Abstract: Two-thirds of the world population is underfed and living under the curse of diseases of malnutrition. It is well known that a large number of the Indian population is also undernourished in respect of calories, iron, vitamins and proteins. Fungal protein has been suggested as a possible potential source which can meet the demands of the growing population. In recent years mushrooms as a food item has occupied a very important place in the Indian diet. In west Bengal, mushrooms have been a preferred food item for several years. The bulk portion of this mushroom requirement is met from the collection of wild mushrooms during the rainy seasons, i.e. July to October every year. The scientific account of these wild edible mushrooms is in progress in this laboratory. Until now, few edible mushrooms have been recorded from West Bengal (Aich et al. 1977; Roy et al. 1977, 1978; Samajpati and Dasgupta, 1976; Nagchaudhuri and Samajpati, 1971; Purkayastha and Chandra, 1974, 1976). A large number of them remain yet to be explored. As such, in this paper eight commonly occurring wild edible species are reported.
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