Growing mushrooms

Mushrooms come in so many shapes, sizes, colours and flavours that it would be impossible to give them a one-size-fits-all profile. That said, all mushrooms are high in copper, potassium, zinc, folate, selenium and magnesium. Further, mushrooms are high in ergothioneine (also known as “ergo” for short), which has shown to have preventive and healing properties in the treatment of chronic disease and inflammation.

Typically, it is the mushroom caps that are most nutrient-dense, rather than the stems, but this is dependent on the type.

Research conducted by American professor Robert Beelman for the Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for