“…Several studies have been undertaken concerning prolonging the shelf-life of mushrooms (Fujie & Xuehua, 2008;Motevali, Minaei, Khoshtaghaza, & Amirnejat, 2011;Rodriguez, Lombrana, Kamel, & De Elvira, 2005;Walde, Velu, Jyothirmayi, & Math, 2006;Yuanjuan, Bo, Jing, Chenghua, & Qingsong, 2004). The time span of usability is prolonged through drying (Toğrul & Toğrul, 2007). From ancient times, food conservation has played an important role in human history, A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 3 among which drying is probably one of the oldest methods for the conservation process of numerous agricultural products (Prasad, Prasad, & Vijay, 2006;Thirugnanasambandam, Iniyan, & Goic, 2010).…”