IMPORTANCE OF MUSHROOM
Mushroom is a fleshy fruiting body of some fungi arising from a group of mycelium buried in substratum. Their fruiting bodies are like umbrella, found in every country from snowy mountains to sandy deserts on all types of soils, pastures, forests, wastelands and cultivable lands. Naturally they appear in all seasons , chiefly during rainy season, as the conditions favour the development of fruiting bodies from the buried mycelia. The mycelium of the fungus is present in the substratum and produce fruiting bodies when the conditions and conductive.The fruiting bodies begin as tiny knob of tissue arising from the under ground mycelium. It grows into a button, which later enlarges to form a well-developed fruiting body. The fruiting body of the mushroom consists of a stem (stipe) which supports as expanded, umbrella-shaped cap(Pileus). On the under side of the umbrella are the gills or we can say lamellae, which in the young stage are enclosed by a membrane