Abstract: Dietary fiber plays a very important role on human health. Edible fungi are a new resource of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber added to foods can not only exert its healthy function, but also improve food quality. Therefore, edible fungi will have a wide exploitation prospect. In this paper, the composition, function properties, modification methods and application situation of dietary fiber from edible fungi are reviewed with the aim of providing some references for its comprehensive exploitation and utilization.

Key words: edible fungi, dietary fiber, modification, application