[[File:Agrocybe Aegerita.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Agrocybe Aegerita]]Other Names : Agrocybe cylindracea, Cyclocybe aegerita, Pholiota aegerita, Chestnut Mushroom, Velvet Pioppino, cha shu gu, 茶树菇Zhuzhuang-Tiantougu, Yanagi-matsutake, Yanagimatsutake, 柳松茸)<br>Agrocybe Aegerita is a species of mushroom that belongs to the white rot fungi but looks like the [[Button Mushroom]], only darker. It has gills whose colour ranges from pink to dark brown. Hence the mushroom is sometimes referred to as ‘brown cap mushroom’. It behaves almost the same as some other species of mushroom like the Tricholomamatsutake,, Agrocybe Aegerita and Agrocybeparasitica.
==Special Precautions of Agrocybe Aegerita==
Mass consumption is linked to strong hepatic toxicity.
==Benefits and uses of Agrocybe Aegerita are==
This mushroom contains vitamins, phytochemicals and minerals. It is particularly rich in Copper and Pantothenic acid which is Vitamin B5. The Chestnut also contains Folate, Biotin, Niacin or Vitamin B3, Selenium, Potassium and Riboflavin or Vitamin B2.
*Also according to BobekP, Galbavy S (2001), "Effect of pleuran (beta-glucan from Pleurotusostreatus) on the antioxidant status of the organism and on dimethylhydrazine - induced precancerous lesions in rat colon", Agrocybe Aegeritais able to fight against cancer through its natural properties.
*The Chestnut Mushroom is also hailed as being able to slow down the effects of osteoporosis, some of which are weakening of the vertebrae. Its antiseptic properties also help keep the body free of infection.
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