At 6:15 AM -0500 2/21/14, Don Wiss wrote:
>My food coop sells nine different types of mushrooms*. I have been mostly eating the cremini. But I have been wondering if there are nutritional differences, and should I be eating a variety of them. Searching online I found one page comparing one type raw versus another type stir-fried.
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>Has anyone any idea about this? Or know how to dig into the databases?
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>* The types:
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>bunashimeji brown beech, organic
>enoki
>eryngii king trumpet, organic
>maitake bag or cup, organic
>oyster
>cremini, organic
>portobello with and without stems, organic
>shiitake, organic
>white, 8oz cups or loose, organic
An excellent source for mushroom info is Paul Stamets website
http://www.fungi.com/mushroom-info.html
His wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets
His TED talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html
