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One more great response to my question

> Diane,
>         you make me laugh this morning and I thank you for that.
>  About your question: I think that if you use wheat bran to permit the
> growing process of your shitake, the process by himself transform the
> nature of wheat at the end and after that we do not find wheat in the
> shitake. It is the same process as in certain  blue cheese in which we
> use rye bread as a substrat for the growing of penicilium roqueforti.
>
>     This is an opinion of a non-expert, but I like so much wine, blue
> cheese and mushrooms...I am sorry if some people can't live without
> these good = things...
>
>     Have a nice thanksgiving
>
> Jacques Maltais
>
> I'm sorry if my english is not good...french is my maternal tongue.


As I told Jacques, his English is much, much better than my French!

Diane