In the present work, the fatty acid composition of Tricholoma anatolicum HH.Doğan & Intini, an endemic species, and Cantharellus cibarius Fr., a famous edible mushroom, were studied by the Gas chromatography (GC) method. A total of 31 different fatty acids were searched, and 29 fatty acids in T. anatolicum and 28 fatty acids in C. cibarius were determined. Oleic acid (41.31 %) is the dominant component in C. cibarius whereas linoleic acid is the dominant component in T. anatolicum. The other major fatty acid components for both species are oleic acid (33.88%), palmitic acid (10.87%) and stearic acid (6.22%) in T. anatolicum, and linoleic acid (17.7%), palmitic acid (15.09%) and stearic acid (8.37%) in C. cibarius. The results show that T. anatolicum and C. cibarius are very rich on account of saturated fatty acids, mono unsaturated fatty acids and poly unsaturated fatty acids, and they don’t also have trans fatty acids. Due to both species have beneficial fatty acids to human health, they can be recommended as a major source of food diet.
