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Mushrooms have a high protein content and are rich in amino acids and vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
They have high anti-tumor and anti-carcinogenic activity, lower cholesterol, prevent adult diseases, and help maintain a balanced lifestyle.
With the recent increased interest in health, consumers are focusing on mushrooms.
Ganoderma lucidum which is one of the 10 traditional symbols of longevity, is recorded in the books “Sinnongboncho” and “Bonchogangmok” as being a good drug that is effective for hypertension, diabetes, hepatitis, asthma, and cancer.
According to “The Chronicles of the Three States,” this mushroom was offered to Queen Jinseong.
As a result of experiments with Phellinus linteus, it was identified that it has an anti-cancer effect of over 95%.
Phellinus igniarius, which has been known as Sanghwang since ancient times, was recently shown to have a greater anti-cancer effect on sarcomas than Phellinus linteus.
Also, Shiitake is known to lower blood cholesterol and has broadly proven medical value for its anti-tumor and anti-viral effects.
It is the most important edible mushroom and has developed into a major household industry item providing income to rural farms.
Shiitake differs in quality, and even in the same species goes by different names, such as Hwago, Dongo, Hyango, and Hyangsin, according to its harvesting season.
The best mushroom is Hwago, which is harvested in the spring and has the most cracks on its surface, and the worst product, considered as low grade, is Hyangsin, which has few cracks and little fragrance.
While it is possible to artificially culture Shiitake, it is currently impossible to artificially cultivate Tricholoma matsutake due to its symbiotic relationship with pine trees.
Many ancient Asian writings, including “Dongeuibogam,” praised it as the “prince of land food.”
Many Japanese people consider pine mushrooms to be the most valuable gift, and some put fragments of it into envelopes to smell its fragrance.
Although the most expensive pine mushrooms are ones with unopened pileus, perfect gills, and no blemishes, ones with a slightly open pileus taste better.
