These are not your average mushrooms
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Functional Mushrooms: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide
The fir eats / Julie Bang
Whether in coffee tea smoothies or even energy drinks mushrooms are all the rage. But these aren’t the button-shaped kind you chop up in your stir-fry and they’re not psychedelic “mushrooms” either. Packed with adaptogenic compounds said to help the body adapt to stress and improve mood “functional” fungi like cordyceps reishi lion’s mane chaga and turkey tail provide an extra boost along with fiber and vitamins.
Registered dietitian Amanda Frankeny explains: “Functional mushrooms aren’t always the tastiest of the bunch but their composition has led to their use for medicinal purposes throughout history helping people adapt to stress calming the mind and even modulating immunity.”