Total phenolic content (TPC)
The amount of total phenolics in different mushroom species varied from 38.45 to 51.94 mg TAE/g of dry weight of crude extract where the extracts from third flush showed greater
antioxidant activity values compared to other flushes for all mushrooms tested. However, the statistical analysis showed that the number of flushes had no effect on the phenolic concentration in the extracts (p>0.05). On average of all four flushes, P. djamor var. djamor extract was analyzed to have significantly highest total phenolic content among the tested macrofungi followed by P. djamor var. roseus, P. pulmonarius, P. ostreatus and S. commune respectively.