I do not eat mushrooms. One of my pet peeves is that they are often very hard to pick out of foods that contain them. Fortunately, they have a rather mild flavor, so if I happen to eat part of one, I barely notice. I also find them interesting to look at in the wild. There's something about them that is very sensual. When looked at in cross-section, the shape is highly suggestive of parts of both the male and female sexual anatomy.
Unfortunately, that is about the extent of my ability to write about the mushroom without resorting to Wikipedia. Having done so, I would like to augment this written exercise with a few more observations:
* Mushrooms are a fungus, like yeasts and molds. Of course, we know that yeast causes infections in women and mold can make a mess of your drywall.
* We also know that some mushrooms are toxic and others are psychoactive.
* Still others have medicinal properties or can be used to dye clothing.
In short, there are many reasons to be wary of mushrooms, at least, if you're picking them yourself. You need to know what you're doing. In my view, eating mushrooms is something like having unprotected sex, except not as pleasurable.
© June 2014
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