Edible and Poisonous Fungi
Many mushrooms and other fungi are edible, but many also produce potent poisons that kill either quickly or slowly. There are several clubs that promote gathering edible fungi from the forest, and if you are interested, you might want to check out information at the "Missouri Department of Conservation" web site. What characters are used to identify mushrooms? Are all people equally sensitive to mushroom toxins? Is it dangerous just to touch a mushroom?
Visit the Missouri Department of Conservation web site
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The Effects of Fungi and Bacteria
Visit the large "Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada" web site. It has many pages, quite a few of which deal with fungi and bacteria. How do fungi and bacteria affect our foods? How do they affect the waste products of food production (how do they help in the recycling of wastes)? Are any of them used to improve our foods? You may want to begin you imquires from the "Food" section of the FAQs index.
Visit the Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada web site
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