Nutrition for Beech Mushroom (raw)

Beech Mushroom Nutrition Summary

One cup of raw beech mushroom (68 grams or 2.4 oz) contains 24 calories and 1.4 grams of protein. Beech mushroom consist of 90% water, 6% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and less than 1% of fat.

Beech mushroom is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including Vitamin D and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of choline.

In one cup of raw beech mushroom:

• Calories: 24
• Protein: 1.4 g
• Dietary fiber: 0.1 g
• Fat: 0.1 g

There is no significant amounts of sugar, saturated fat, cholesterol or sodium in beech mushroom.

See the Beech Mushroom Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Mushrooms, beech, raw.

Calories in Beech Mushroom

Beech mushroom has 24 calories per cup or 35 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.

72% of calories in beech mushroom are from carbohydrates, 25% of calories are from protein and 4% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Omega-6 in Beech Mushroom

Calories Similar to Beech Mushroom

Some other fungi with similar calories to beech mushroom by weight:

• Shiitake Mushroom: -1 calories
• Enoki Mushroom: +1 calories
• Oyster Mushroom: -1 calories
• Chanterelle Mushroom: -2 calories

Protein in Beech Mushroom

One cup of Beech Mushroom has 1.4 grams of protein or about 3% of daily recommended intake. Beech mushroom is relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.

• Protein: 1.36 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in beech mushroom.

Protein Similar to Beech Mushroom

Some other fungi with similar amounts of protein to beech mushroom by weight:

• Maitake Mushroom: same
• Portabella Mushroom: +0.1 grams
• Shiitake Mushroom: +0.2 grams
• Crimini Mushroom: +0.3 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Beech Mushroom

An good source of nutrients, raw beech mushroom contains abundant amounts of potassium. In fact, a single cup of beech mushroom contains 12% of recommended daily values or 274.7 milligrams of potassium.

Vitamins in beech mushroom (1 cup):

• Thiamin: 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.5 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 6.2 ug

Minerals in beech mushroom (1 cup):

• Calcium: 2 mg
• Potassium: 274.7 mg
• Iron: 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 0.7 mg
• Zinc: 0.4 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Manganese: 0.1 mg
• Choline: 34.7 mg

There is no significant amounts of selenium, phosphorus, vitamin a, pantothenic acid, vitamin c, vitamin e, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in beech mushroom.

Similar to Beech Mushroom for Potassium

Here are some other fungi with similarly abundant amounts of potassium to beech mushroom:

• Morel Mushroom: +4.8 MG
• Oyster Mushroom: +11 MG
• Crimini Mushroom: +30 MG
• Mushroom: -58 MG

Beech Mushroom Nutrition Chart

Beech Mushroom in Cooking

Most recipes call for one or two cups of beech mushroom.