ABSTRACT
Numerous types of mushrooms have been traditionally used in different cultures for their health maintenance effect and the prevention and treatment of serious diseases. However, wide varieties of mushrooms are known to most of people but a lot of lesser known mushrooms also have various health promoting effects that have not yet been explored sufficiently such as Helvella crisp, Lactifluus volemus, Clavulinopsis fusiformis, etc. These fungi are yet need to be investigated further for their numerous health benefits and other culinary applications. The fungi described in this chapter are found in various parts of the world and have a lot of medicinal potential. Hypholoma capnoides is a species of edible fungus in the Strophariaceae family and found in United States, Europe, and Asia. This chapter is meant to provide some light on such lesser known fungi for their better utilisation.
