A Beginner's Guide to Edible Fungi Mushrooms

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 A Beginner’s Guide to Edible Fungi Mushrooms 

Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Knowing more about Mushrooms 
Mushrooms in Medicine 
Cultivated varieties Of Mushrooms 
Types of Popular Mushrooms in Cuisine 
Morels 
Chanterelles 
Cantharellus cibarius or trumpet mushrooms 
Black Trumpets 
Porcini 
Shitake or Golden oak mushrooms 
Oyster Mushrooms 
Enoki Mushrooms 
Portobello Mushrooms 
Truffles 
Hon- Shimeji- Beech Mushroom 
The Death Cap – Amanita phalloides 
Fly Agaric- Amanita muscaria 
How to Avoid the After Effects of Inedible Mushrooms 
Tips 
Precautions while Hunting Mushrooms in the Wild 
Cultivating Mushrooms in Your Home 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

For millenniums, mankind has been looking towards nature to find easily available food supplements. While animals and birds provided him with protein, he also looked towards the plant kingdom to provide you with herbs, spices, and other edible means of food. Out of these mushrooms and all their varieties have been an integral part of his cuisine down the centuries, all over the world. 

In ancient China mushrooms were used in alternative medicine more than 3000 years ago. They are still used to cure a number of ailments, along with problems related to the nerves, mind and psyche. The mushrooms used here in minute quantities have psychoactive and psychedelic properties. That is why ancient medicine men normally gave them to patients, who believed that they had gone through a spiritual trance which was life defining. 

These psychedelic trance inducing mushrooms are now called shrooms and even though they are illegal in many parts of the world, they are eaten by people who want a “fix”. 

Edible mushrooms are called mushrooms, while the poisonous varieties were called toadstools. Only very experienced “mushroomists” know the difference between an edible variety and a poisonous variety. And this comes only with proper training from older experienced mushroom collectors.

Genre: Nature / Plants / Mushrooms (fancy, right?)