WILD MUSHROOMS—THE EDIBLE AND NON EDIBLES/HEALTH BENEFITS

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Dear readers, so nice to have you today at my corner. I love to share this piece on mushroom with you. You will love being here.
Mushrooms are sometimes added on hamburgers and pizza. Many love to have them in their soup or even eat it like that, I love mushrooms. Back in the days when my grand father was alive, you will hardly visit him in the village without getting a gift of mushroom from his farm. It was his custom.

WHAT IS MUSHROOM?
Mush rooms are edible /non edible fungi which grows and thrive by extracting nutrient from dead plants and animals that are decayed.
There are different kinds of mushrooms, some edible and some non edible.There are several thousand of species of mushrooms but not all are poisonous, only about 250 of them are poisonous.'However many out of desperation or love of mushrooms may want to pick any type for consumption. There are quit a number of species of mushrooms, how can you determine the one that is toxic and harmful from the one that is edible and harmless?

To those who would take picking mushrooms as inconsequential, you need not to guess that the one you are attempting to pick is the edible one. Care should should be taken when bending low to pick a mushrooms. I love mushrooms but i do not know the edible one. Someone told me that in his culture, if you want to know the edible mushroom, pick anyone you see and give it to a chicken. If it eats it, then thats the edible one. While we cannot rely on that we need to know that the non edible ones are poisonous.

According to Tradd Cotter, there are “toxic-look alikes” in mushroom.This means that there are some that are poisonous but looks like the ones that are edible and non-poisonous, so care should be taken when selecting edible mushrooms. Otherwise, it could have effect on the liver or even lead to death.
Perhaps you are eager to know the ones that are non edible and the edible mushrooms. Lets see just a few.

NON EDIBLE

I)Destroying angels------ That the name. They belong to family called genus amanita. They have beautiful white caps, stalk and gills.

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Effects of eating them------Vomiting, stooling or diarrhoea,liver failure, kidney failure, etc.This may lead to death except if there could be a liver transplant.

2)Death caps---------This is the deadliest. They belong to the specie, amanita phalloides. They are very toxic.It poses a serious threat on human health because its toxins are well concentrated on its tissue. So mushroom lovers, do not pick this for food

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Effects of eating them------ Vomiting, diarrhoea. It damages internal organs and result in death.

3)Galerinas------- These sometimes grow on wood. They are small and have tender stems. They are brownish and toxic.

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1. Gyromitrin---
   
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   Effects of eating them----Nausea, vomiting , stomach cramp and diarrhea, and the person may become dizzy and weak. In most cases, it leads to death
   

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5)Orellanine
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Effects of eating them-----The person will Nausate, urinate frequently, vomit, and have anorexia after 12 hours to 3 days after consumption.

Now isnt there any one edible?

For the purpose of this long post, let me discuss just two.

EDIBLE MUSHROOMS

1. Oyster mushroom----They grow on dying hard woods
   
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2. Maitake mushrooms ------They grow on hard woods too but at the base.They should be harvested or picked for eating while young. This is because as the grow, they become too tough to eat.
   
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
1.They reduce cholesterol levels
2.They help to prevent diabetes
3.It helps in weight loss

1. Improves immunity
   5 It lowers the blood pressure
2. It improves bone health
   It serves as anti-inflammatory.

Having read all these, care should be taken when picking or buying mushrooms. More so, we need to watch out for the fast food such as pizza or hamburger we buy, ensure that the right and edible kind of mushroom are used in processing your food

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from @gbenga
Materials for this work were researched from here, here and here.

With all my love,always