Microbiological quality and safety of fresh cultivated and wild mushrooms commercialized in Spain

► Microbiological quality and safety of 22 species of cultivated and wild mushrooms. ► Microbial load was high and dominated by pseudomonads and Enterobacteriaceae. ► No pathogens were isolated from cultivated mushroom samples. ► L. monocytogenes was detected in five species of wild mushrooms. ► An improvement in the microbiological safety of wild mushrooms would be advisable.