A History of Mushrooms (continued

A History of Mushrooms (continued

Mushrooms come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. As a matter of fact, there are 38,000 different varieties. Some mushrooms are poisonous. Never eat mushrooms that have been picked outside of a store. The most common mushroom that is raised for eating is the white button mushroom (Agaricus). Shitake, enoki, and oyster mushrooms are also raised for eating.

Mushroom farming first started in America in 1896 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. This city grows about 50 percent of the mushrooms raised in the United States. Kennett Square is called the “mushroom capital of the world!”

The first mushroom farm in the United States was started by two florists named Mr. Hicks and Mr. Swayne. Florists are people who raise flowers to sell. Mr. Hicks and Mr. Swayne wanted to make use of empty space under the shelves upon which they grew their flowers. Of course, flowers need sunlight to grow. It was very dark and damp under the shelves. They knew they couldn’t grow flowers in the dark, but they could grow mushrooms! Mushrooms don’t need sunlight to grow. They survive by eating decaying matter, so Mr. Hicks and Mr. Swayne started growing mushrooms under their flower shelves and that became the first mushroom farm in America.

In those days, mushrooms were planted in the fall and harvested in the spring. You couldn’t get mushrooms to eat in the summer. Today, thanks to improvements in technology, such as air conditioning, you can buy edible (can be eaten)

mushrooms all year round.

Remember, pick your mushrooms in the store!

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Mushroom , History of Mushroom

A History of Mushrooms

Mushrooms are part of a larger group of plants known as fungi. A fungus is different from an ordinary green plant because it can’t make it’s own food. Fungi have been around since prehistoric days. Remains of fungi have been found in dinosaur pits! The Egyptian pharaohs (kings) reserved mushrooms for their own plates. It was forbidden for anyone else to eat them. They believed the mushrooms had magical powers. The ancient Romans fed mushrooms only to their warriors because they believed mushrooms gave them god-like strength.

Mushrooms can look strange. For instance, some mushrooms actually glow in the dark! No wonder people thought they were magical. Sometimes mushrooms grow in a circle or ring that appears around a circular path. In the olden days, many people believed these rings were made by fairies dancing through the night. Because of this, these rings are called “fairy rings” today. Fairy rings are really caused by the growth patterns of mushroom, not by dancing fairies!

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?What is Mushroom

Mushroom belongs to green kingdom , but Mushroom isn't a plant , Mushroom doesn't contain chlorophyll , mushroom feedings come from analyst materials that enable
mushroom analyzes cellulose from organic materials.
So, mushroom is considered from microorganisms that contains Basidiospares .
Mushroom has an economic importance , it contains a group of derivational torrential threads that gather together , shaping several shapes fruits , could be seen by naked eye .
Mushroom consists of stalk and cop , has different colors , white , dull colored or bright colored , this difference in shape is according to difference in kinds or sizes .
Difference in kinds may referred to the environment that mushroom growing in , some kind grow in damp wood , rice straw or horses dung.
Difference also may referred to the weather , some kinds grow in cold weather , hot weather , or in cold and hot .
Because of difference between kinds , some kinds of mushroom are poisonous or cause fainting and vomiting , besides , some kinds are fit for eating .
Fit for eating kinds are distinguished with containing a high ratio of proteins ,vitamins and mineral salts .
Mushroom is known as a complementary food for the whole body , it also an easy to digest food .
Fit for eating kinds like : oyster , agaricus and shiitake .
Mushroom has health and medical advantages , some of them .
(-) effective treatment for severe anemia .
(-) lessen blood cholesterol .
(-) no fats .
(-) Mushroom important food for who want to be elegant .
(-) general complementary food for the body ( for children – for youth – for elders ) .
(-) green product (organic)- no chemicals .
(-)contains high ratio of proteins , equals with meat's proteins (meat alternative ) .

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