Thursday, December 8, 2011

Fungi Blog - Benefits of Fungi





Environmental - Fungi form relationships with plants and provide them with nutrients.  They also decompose things back to the soil.


Medicinal - the shiitake mushroom has been shown to help with stomach problems.  Penicillin comes from fungus.

Culinary - there are many edible mushrooms including: portobello, shiitake, cremini, morels, truffles etc.  They are high in potassium and Vitamin B.

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