Chapter 15: Stropharia rugosoannulata Farlow ex Murrill (Wine Cap Stropharia or Garden Giant)

Mushrooms are valuable resources for food, medicine, and nutraceuticals. The wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata Farlow ex. Murrill) is one of the most recent non-mycorrhizal mushroom species to be domesticated. Flavonoids, vitamins, minerals, polysaccharides, sterols, and lectins are all found in Stropharia rugosoannulata. This mushroom has been reported to have antidiabetic, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiproliferative, anticancer, immunomodulatory, and osteoclast formation-inhibiting characteristics. This chapter aims to provide readers with a thorough knowledge of commercially farmed, wild edible, and medicinal mushrooms, as well as detailed information on their phytochemical content and qualities as medicine and food for future use. A discussion is also provided of the future outlook, as well as the challenges associated with the cultivation and processing of these medicinal mushrooms as a functional food.