Wild Mushrooms as Organic Product

Abstract

Flora of Turkey is very rich for wild mushrooms. Turkey exports a high scale of mushroom to manycountries. Major exported wild mushroom species are Morchella spp., Boletus spp., Tricholoma spp., Lactariusspp., Rhizopogon spp., Hydnum spp., Cantharellus spp., Craterellus spp., Terfezia spp. and Amanita ceaserea.Nowadays, demand for wild mushrooms as organic product raises gradually. Certificate of organic product couldbe provided for wild mushrooms picked up from the nature. Certification of wild mushrooms picking up fromthe nature can give an opportunity to the producers for their joining to the high profitable organic markets andcontributed to increase the diversion of organic products in markets. These mushrooms could be accepted asorganic products if the mandatory requirements are met. In this review, informations on requirements andconditions for organic certification process of wild mushrooms from picking up to reaching to the consumers aregiven

Özet

Türkiye florası doğal mantarlar bakımından çok zengindir. Türkiye birçok ülkeye önemli miktarlarda