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White button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), although often considered a poor relation of exotic, expensive varieties like maitake and matsutake mushrooms, provide as much or even more anti-oxidant activity as their costly cousins. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Agrinomique in France found that the free radical scavenging ability of the humble button mushroom was equivalent to, if not higher than, that of maitake and the matsutake mushrooms - both of which are highly prized in Japanese cuisine for their reputed ability to lower blood pressure and fight cancer.