The edible mushrooms are recommended as one of ten healthy foods by nutritionists in the world because of their nutritional value.In order to know the cognition levels and consumption preferences of consumers especially young consumer groups to mushroom foods,the investigation and comparison of Hunan and Heilongjiang were made,and the results show that the young consumer groups of the two provinces only pay less attention to the edible mushrooms,their main information channels are television,relatives' and friends' introduction,network,and ne...