Change: B) 3rd Series of ASM Biotechnology and Agriculture Forums:______________________________________________________________________________________________Mushroom Industry in Malaysia: Technology, Issues and Challenges Mushrooms are fungi that have been known since timeimmemorial not only as high protein traditional vegetable/food but as food that has profound health promoting benefits. Recent scientific studies   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1162)

Change: cultivated since the early 1970s and the dominant variety is the grey oyster. In recent years and with increasingawareness, mushrooms have now been declared as industrial crop by the Ministry of Agriculture. Many new species are being cultivated and this poses several challenges   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 553)