Mushrooms and the kingdom fungi
Food Art medicine
Mushrooms are the 'fruits' of the fungus while the mycelium may be compared to the tree that makes the fruit. Tempeh is a type of fungus which does not produce mushrooms and the mycelium is what is eaten.
Beneficial Fungi include:
- Mushrooms - for food and medicine these are some of human kinds greatest health allies.
- examples include: white button (food), Shiitake (food/medicine), Reishi (medicine)
- examples include: white button (food), Shiitake (food/medicine), Reishi (medicine)
- Mycelium - for food and medicine as well.
- Tempeh is an example of a fungus that does not produce mushrooms
- Tempeh is an example of a fungus that does not produce mushrooms
- Molds -Many wonderful molds have benefited humans
- Blue cheese and some of our first anti-biotics are molds
- Blue cheese and some of our first anti-biotics are molds
- Yeasts -Single celled powerhouses
- Responsible for all that fizz and alcohol and bread if those aren't enough
- Responsible for all that fizz and alcohol and bread if those aren't enough
- Ferments - Many products are made more fit for digestion by being fermented alone or in conjunction with bacteria
- Sourdough, Kombucha, Miso and Soy sauce, Tempeh,
- Sourdough, Kombucha, Miso and Soy sauce, Tempeh,
