We found our first mushrooms of the season in this week's #CreteNature; these edible (if tricky) Mica Caps, but what percentage of wild mushrooms are worth taking home for the pot?
a) 4%
b) 14%
c) 40%
A tricky question as 'mushrooms' as we know them are part of the kingdom of fungi and the great majority of them have yet to be scientifically described let alone tested for their edibility or otherwise. However the American Journal of Wild Mushrooming gives the following answer subject to the given caveat:
50% inedible
25% edible but not incredible (like the Mica Caps above)
20% will make you sick
4% will be tasty to excellent
1% will kill you
So the answer is a) about 4%, the other 96% are best left to get on with the job of being mushrooms.
More nature facts and trivia in this week's #CreteNature Blog: Voila - Turkish Delight
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