Egypt's Export Of Edible Fungi Has Decreased Year By Year

Egypt's export of edible fungi has decreased year by year

1. History of Edible Fungi

It can be said that the history of mushroom consumption may be as old as the history of human food, and it has become one of the main pillars of primitive society. Fungi have been used by many communities as a source of nutrition and medicine for thousands of years. A woman in red (Red Lady) was found in the tomb of El Mirón in northern Spain in 2010. Traces of mushrooms such as boletus were detected on her dental calculus. According to carbon element analysis, it is speculated that the edible history of mushrooms should be traced back to 18700 years ago. In addition, mushrooms are recorded in the history of China, Mayan culture, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, ancient Rome and so on. The Egyptians believed that mushrooms were a gift from the god Osiris to mankind.

2. Current status of edible fungi in Egypt

About 20 years ago, Egypt began to produce mushrooms on a large scale, and a market for fresh mushrooms began to emerge. There are many edible mushrooms in Egypt, but the market is dominated by the cultivation and sale of oyster mushrooms and bisporus. The main materials for the production of mushrooms in Egypt are chopped straw, wheat straw and cottonseed husks, and they also grow on various agricultural and industrial wastes, such as sawdust, peanut shells, waste paper, rice bran, banana leaves, bagasse, soybean straw and millet straw, etc. . The current research on Egyptian edible fungi is also mainly focused on Agaricus bisporus and the field of evaluation.