Awei Mushroom (Pleurotus nebrodensis) is a large sized edible fungi grown on the rhizome of medicinal plants (eerula assafotidal) which contains high nutrition value and medicinal composition. The wild Pleurotus nebrodensis only distributes in the partial area of inclement weather Gobi Desert in Xinjiang, China, honoring it White Ganodema Lucidum of the Western Paradise or Holy Mushroom by the folk. The fruit body of Pleurotus nebrodensis is spotlessly white while the meat quality is delicate, plump, crisp and tender, tantalizing with its aroma and unique special taste. The inspection of the State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine shows that it contains great amount of microelements such as fungi polysaccharide, Se, Ge , Cr, etc; Vc, Ve, Vd, Va and non-saturated fat acid; Eight kinds of amino acid necessary for human body are very rich, which have the functions to increase human bodys immunity, adjust human bodys physiological balance, prevent and resist cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis, decrease fat and high blood pressure, resist caducity, protect liver and heart, reinforce children growth and enrich calcium for the middle and old men or women.
