Tiny Umbrellas in the Farm - Mushrooms

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Nicknamed or otherwise known as toad stool, these medicinal vegetables are the germinating bodies of fungus (organic materials) growing beneath the soil. Mushrooms have been said to be native to Greece, Rome and China. Upon finding them, they have the distinctive features of an umbrella shaped top, which is the cap and then the stem, which could be stubbed or long; all its parts are fleshy though.

There are different types of this vegetable just like any other thing. They come in different shapes, colour, height, aroma, taste and texture; and they can be classed into two; the edible and poisonous types.
Under the edible class, we have

• Bottom
• Crimini
• Portobello
• Shiitake
• Oyster
• Chanterelle
• Porcini
• Enoki
• Morel
  While the poisonous class includes
• Death cap
• Destroying angel
• False morel
• Deadly webcap

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Cultivation

Weird facts about this plant is that some of its types have the ability to grow taller than 5 inches in 24 hours. Also, they tend to grow mutually or symbiotically on substrates, composts and woods.
Vegetatively, it is possible to grow them by propagating the spawn, which is their vegetative part.
Also, one could have the spawn incubated in a well monitored environment before stimulating their growth to the fruiting stage; this is done by controlling the amount of light, temperature and moisture allowed around it.
After growing and harvesting, mushrooms are to be kept in a dry and cool place, away from sunlight to prevent them from thawing away undesirably. For future use, it is possible to have them stored in the refrigerator for more than 5 months.

Culinary

Mushrooms are enriched with loads of protein and dietary fiber, filled with vitamin B, C, D and minerals like copper and potassium. So, on getting into the body system, they maintain it by improving the immune system and lowering the cholesterol. As a result of the antioxidant in the vegetable, they help to reduce stress and tumour possibilities.
How do they get into the body? Of course they are eaten! They have the ability to give your dishes salivating aroma and while giving off the feel of meat in the mouth; definitely They are not meats, a bonus to the vegetarians in the house. They can be eaten raw or cooked.
Mushrooms can simply be:

• Grilled or roasted in the oven, to be eaten as side dish or snack
• Added into stews, soups and sauce as veggies
• Added to salad ingredients
• Used as substitute for meat in burgers
• Added to pastas.
• Powdered after being dried and added into foods

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