Diversity and Production of Edible Mushrooms contains mainly biodiversity and
conservation of mushrooms, organic mushroom production, problems of mushroom
industry, commercial production of mushrooms and constraints and future
strategies for mushroom production. The book also primarily focuses on
production technologies as well as constraints of paddy straw mushroom and
oyster mushroom. The medicinal value of the mushroom -Ganoderma lucidum is
lucidly reviewed in the book. The book also contains rural seasonal structures
for optimum production of mushrooms as well as processing, product development
and value addition in mushrooms.