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Contents 1 Production figures 2 History 3 Eating raw mushrooms 4 Merging Edible mushroom and mushroom hunting 5 Dried Mushrooms 6 Nutritional value?

[edit] Production figures

I think the production figures are interesting, but they are also something of a moving target. In particular, the title of most extensively cultivated mushroom in the world seems likely to change soon, if it has not already, judging from these numbers. What do other people think about the best way to handle this? — Pekinensis 19:30, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Can someone add a section on their nutritional info?

[edit] History

The history between 10,000 BC and the mushroom's arrival in North America as food is largely absent and should be added.--Chicbicyclist 10:17, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm wondering where the information: "Women were said to be blessed with the ability to see in the dim light[...]" is coming from. It looks very speculative. Salanth 22:00, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eating raw mushrooms

I've eaten raw mushrooms of many varieties throughout my life, but I've recently encountered numerous resources claiming any consumption of raw mushrooms should be avoided. I'm wondering if this is a false rumor extending the properties of the False_Morel to other mushrooms, or if there is some truth to these claims. I'd love to see this article include a few published references regarding this subject. Here's what I found so far online.

• cascade mycological society - Never eat raw mushrooms.
• mykoweb - cooks guide - Eating Raw Mushrooms: With a few exceptions, such as the common store mushroom, we do not recommend that mushrooms be eaten raw.
• raw foods forum thread - concensus ok.
• BULLETIN OF THE PUGET SOUND MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY find: EATING RAW MUSHROOMS CAUSES PROBLEMS Jan Lindgren / MushRumors, Oregon Myco. Soc., March–April 1997

Excepting the common store bought mushroom (button?), seems like the more reputable sources advise wholly against. Anyone have access to futher information and specifics? ∴ here…♠ 21:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I strongly doubt it since if this was true, Japanese media would be all over this since mushrooms are very commonly eaten in Japan but I have yet to encounter any significant news report. However, eating any "unwashed" raw mushroom will and could cause a problem for various reasons and that could be why references could be cautioning people. Naturally grown and harvested mushrooms can come in contact with anything in nature (including human and animal waste) and even commercially grown mushrooms could not guarantee the 100% contamination free status. It is entirely possible for people to use a unwashed cooking knife contaminated by salmonella and others to cut a mushroom. It is better to caution rather than assume that necessary precautions are taken. --Revth 05:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging Edible mushroom and mushroom hunting

Theroetically a large amount of material overlaps. Question is which page should bear the titleCas Liber 19:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Much of the mushroom hunting page repeats itself - and the idea of a list of edible fungi and then another list of confusing species is a bit of overkill. I'd Support a merge, with the possible separation of cultivation into a separate article if it grew too big. Cas Liber 19:47, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes I agree with you about the merge as the hunting and/or gathering are part of the whole identification experience, and mushrooms are an unusual subject in that the edibility of each species is an important element of its description. --Matt 07:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

• I suspect, though I'm not an expert that mushroom hunting is a pasttime that is quit worthy of its own article. I'd say, put in a summary on edibility and link to the full article. Basically it should be cleaned up. Since mushroom hunting is not that familiar a term (at least not for me), I recommend putting things at Edible mushroom should they get merged despite my comment. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• I say keep the articles separate. People hunt for mushrooms they don't intend to eat (such as decorative polypores) or medicinal mushrooms or mushrooms for dyes. Furthermore many (if not most) edible mushrooms are grown rather than hunted. The two topics seem largely separate, even if their article content has overlap. Debivort 21:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. We'll keep 'em separate. Cas Liber 03:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dried Mushrooms

I have been seeing a lot of dried mushrooms in grocery stores lately. It should be mentioned somewhere in this article that many mushrooms are sold dry and are rehydrated, and maybe the benefits and downside of drying mushrooms. (I don't know enough about these dried mushrooms to write anything). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.27.119.90 (talk) 05:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Nutritional value?

There's no information about the nutritional value of mushrooms on this page. I think it'd make a very good addition so if anyone has any knowledge on the subject I'd be very grateful if they could add it.83.216.157.38 16:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)