Mushrooms are extremely porous and soak up water like a sponge. Because they are mostly water, never soak fresh mushrooms.
Since commercially-available mushrooms are grown in a sterile medium, invest in a soft mushroom brush and simply brush away any clinging growing medium rather than washing with water. If you must, wipe them with a damp […]

How to choose
 Mushrooms should be smooth and dry.  If you see the gills under the mushroom, that mushroom has a richer flavor; if you don’t see the gills, it is a more delicate flavor.
    
How to store
Store them unwashed in the paper bag or container in which they were purchased in the refrigerator drawer.  Mushrooms are […]

Nature of mushrooms
Mushrooms or fungi do not contain chlorophyll; they must feed on plants or animal matter. Some mushrooms feed only on dead matter while others feed on living plants or animals, which they sometimes harm or benefit. Mushrooms need a controlled environment with appropriate humidity, light, temperature, ventilation, air pressure, pH and nutrients. They […]

Cultivated mushrooms Vs wild mushrooms
Before eating any mushroom, make sure you have properly identified the specie. Every year, hundreds of people become ill and some even die because they collect wild mushrooms and wrongly identify them.
Eating cultivated mushrooms remains the safest way for selecting edible mushrooms.
Selecting the right type of mushrooms for cultivation
Most of the […]