Mushrooms

A spore-bearing, fleshy and fruiting body is mainly considered as Mushroom. It belongs to fungus family which grows above ground on soil or on any food source. Mushroom has scientific name as Agaricus bisporus. The mushroom is often pronounced for fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that contains a stipe (stem), a pileus (white cape like button), and lamellae (gills) which is on the underside of the cap. Though mushrooms also refer to gilled fungi without stem, this mushroom term widely describe the fleshy fruiting bodies of Ascomycota and woody plus leathery fruiting bodies of Basidiomycota.

More names of mushroom, depending on their characteristics, are morel, puffball, and stinkhorn. Gilled mushroom themselves some time known as “agarics”, as it is similar to Agaricus. Due to the presence of mycelium (thallus) mushroom is designated to the entire fungus. Mushrooms grow from microscopic spores rather then from a seed. Mushrooms capture 16 million spores. Growing mushrooms have no chlorophyll; they took all their nutrients from the organic matter from the medium in which they grow. Many species of mushroom grow in different time period, some stem out overnight whereas, some took few days.

The true morel of mushroom is word out as Morchella which is the genus of edible mushrooms. It is anatomically simple cup fungi. These mushrooms closely appear like honey comb as the cup of the mushrooms contains several network of ridges having pit between them. These are prized for its use in French cuisine. Morels mushrooms have local names like “merkels” or “miracles” or more common as magic mushrooms. The name morel mushroom is based on a story (The Day the Sun came out’ by Dorothy M. Johnson) of a mountain family who were saved from starvation by eating these magic mushrooms.

The fungi that hold psychedelic substances psilocybin and psilocin and other psychoactive tryptamines are well-known with a specific name as Psilocybin mushrooms. It has a colloquial term as “magic mushroom” or “shrooms”. When magic mushrooms are taken as your food, the psilocybin in ingested and thus broken down to release psilocin. Psilocin is accountable for hallucinogenic effects. Due to this quality of mushrooms these are now named as drug mushrooms. Beneficial effects of hallucinogenic drugs mushrooms are as potent stimulators of 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C in patient with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and OCD-related clinical depression. Druf mushroom is benefical for body dismorphic disorder.

Kombucha mushroom is rich in vitamins and minerals that are essential for healthy life. This mushroom helped widely in acute and chronic conditions. It shows enthusiastic response in difficult long-term illness such as arthritis, digestive disorders, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancer, poor circulation system, poor immune system, allergies, eczema, acne and chronic fatigue syndrome and many other diseases. Organic kombucha mushroom is used to make organic tea which widely ranges in B vitamins, organic acids, nitrogen, minerals, vitamin C and enzymes. It enhances the vitality of a being using it in its daily food.

Stuffed mushrooms are used in which different ingredients according to personal preference are stuffed in these mushrooms and are baked to make a tea time snacks.

Crab stuffed mushrooms are one of the famous mushrooms dish in which crab with different ingredients are stuffed in mushrooms and baked with cheese topping. Stuffed mushroom recipe is mostly used for high tea parties.

Mushroom soup is widely accepted by all ages. Mushroom can be an additional ingredient in soups. Sautéed mushrooms recipe which a distinctive mixed aroma of garlic paste and mushrooms, with seasoning of your on personal preference. This sautéed mushrooms contains many benefits including lowering cholesterol.