Edible Mushrooms
Edible Mushrooms

Magical Mushrooms: The Allure of Edible Fungi

by Tori Avey on Apr 1, 2014

History of Culinary Mushrooms

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History of Culinary Mushrooms

Mushroom picking, artist Franciszek Kostrzewski c. 1860. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

History of Culinary Mushrooms

The Fly Amanita Mushroom is toxic and contains psychoactive properties. Source: Deposit Photos.

History of Culinary Mushrooms

Black Truffles. Source: Deposit Photos

History of Culinary Mushrooms

The general opinion in this country regarding mushrooms has been, that with one or two exceptions, all forms of fungus growth are either poisonous or unwholesome, but it is very gratifying to observe the change that is rapidly taking place in the public mind. Soon public opinion will acknowledge that it is an established fact that the great majority of the larger funguses, especially of those that grow in fields and other open places, is [sic] not only wholesome but highly nutritious.

— Kate Sargeant, One Hundred Mushroom Receipts (1899)
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