When the Mushroom Council decided it was high time to "champignon" these versatile fungi, they settled on September as the perfect time to do so. National Mushroom Month highlights their importance and encourages you to know your mushrooms. For example, poisonous jack-o"-lantern mushrooms are sometimes misidentified as edible chanterelles. Others have medicinal properties like today"s homepage species, turkey tail, used to treat lung conditions in traditional Chinese medicine. Recent research showed them exhibiting anti-tumor properties and helping fortify the immune system. Other mushrooms make great meal additions, and from portobello to shiitake mushrooms, there are thousands of edible species out there. Sautéed, stuffed, sliced, on a pizza, or in soup, it is time to bring some umami fun(gi) to your plate!
National Mushroom Month
Today in History
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Of moose and Maine
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Atop the roof of Africa
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Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
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New beginnings
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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An underwater rainbow
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Presidents Day in America’s front yard
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World Teachers Day
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Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
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Pollinator Week
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Panda Day
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Green fields of grain
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Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
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Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
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Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
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Giving Tuesday
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It s Republic Day in India
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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Frost on autumn leaves
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National Moth Week