**7. Conclusions**

Mushroom is a very vital source of protein intake but some precautions should be taken for consumption and field identification of edible mushrooms. Those that cannot be identified or recognized properly should not be harvested and eaten. Cultivation of known species of mushrooms should be practiced so as to serve time

#### **Figure 15.**

*The list of most common toxic mushroom and edible species which they are often confused. (a) Amanita phalloides. (b) Cortinarius orellanus. (c) Amanita verna. (d) Gyromitra esculenta. (e) Agaricus muscraris. (f) Amanita muscaria. (g) Omphalotus olearius. (h) Tricholoma pardinum. (i) Inocybe rimosa. (j) Lepiota brunneoincarnata. (k) Clitocybe dealbata. (l) Boletus satanas.* 

and avoid eating the poisonous ones and more advice must be taken by minors not to eat any mushrooms without showing it to parents or elderly person for proper recognition. Most mushrooms are consumed directly in different menus for healthy and medicinal purposes with contribution from their additive and synergistic effects of the bioactive compounds. The nutraceutical and therapeutic significance of mushrooms are well documented, although specific mechanisms of actions of the bioactive compounds and the many various health potentials to humans are still a subject of continuous research and intensive investigation, especially with the emergence of new technology and high throughput screening battery for new compounds, evaluation of pharmacological properties for documenting new findings of mushroom potential health benefits. The studies for the exploration of cultivated mushrooms
