Mushrooms have been known and popular as a delicacy since the XIV century AD. Mushrooms have a special meal for state officials during the Ming dynasty in power in mainland China. Delicacy and taste typical of the fungus are spread all over the world since the opening of trade and communication between the pen ¬ sit-countries and continents. Mushrooms have become a favorite dish they have also wipe ¬ prestigious.
Fungi belonging to commodities that cannot be separated from human needs. Without the fungus, it is impossible to make bread and various drugs, such as penicillin. Some types of mushrooms are a food source which is equivalent to meat, fish, and expensive and nutritious food. Mushrooms are the preferred alternative foodstuffs all layers of society. Mushroom cuisine that has been popular in Indonesia is timlo, fried mushrooms, mushroom tauco, sukiyati, and noodles.
Mushrooms contain a protein two times higher than the asparagus and potatoes; four times higher than the carrots and tomatoes, and six times higher than oranges. And about 15 essential amino acids needed by human body, at least mushrooms contain 6-7 kinds of amino acid.
Thousands of species (species) fungi grow and thrive in the open in accordance with the habitat and environment (media) life.
Mushroom growing in an environment (media) straw (rice straw) or other media containing cellulose such as cardboard, paper, cotton, dried banana leaf, water hyacinth, pulp stem palm, sago pulp, bagasse, fruit leather palm, and coconut waste palm. While the wood mushrooms usually grow on rotten logs or other media containing wood fibers, such as sawdust.
Fungus wood has a higher nutritional content than vegetable or mushroom. Wooden mushrooms contain protein, fat, phosphorus; iron, thiamin, and riboflavin are higher than some other vegetables and mushrooms. Ear fungus as one of the wood mushrooms contains minerals higher than beef, mutton, and other vegetables. IN addition, ear mushrooms do not contain cholesterol. Nutritional content of 100 grams of dried mushroom can be seen in
Table 1. Composition and Nutritional Content per 100 gram Ear Fungus
Nutritional Content of Substance
Calories (Energy) 128.0 cal.
Water 15.0 g
Carbohydrates 64.0 g
0.005 g fat
Essential Amino Acid 2.415 g 0.1172 g of vitamin B complex
Thiamin 0.00008 g
Riboflavin 0.00019 g
Niacin 0.004 g
Ca (calcium) 0.315 g
Table. Advanced Nutritional Content of Substance
K (potassium) 0.264 g
P (Phosphorus) 1.348 g
Na (sodium) 0.837 g
Fe (iron) 0.036 g
