Mushrooms and the Kingdom of 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,
