National Mushroom Month Sep 1, 2023

National Mushroom Month

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!

© Bill Gozansky/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Sep 1, 2018Let the Highland games begin
Sep 1, 2019Bidding summer adieu
Sep 1, 2020National Mushroom Month
Sep 1, 2021It s National Mushroom Month!
Sep 1, 2022Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
Sep 1, 2024Totally Thames Festival, London
Sep 1, 2025Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 29, 2018When science looks like magic
Mar 22, 2019Fresh water on the Silk Road
Nov 15, 2018‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
Jan 3, 2024J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Feb 12, 2019To Roswell, and beyond!
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Jan 4, 2024Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Jul 25, 2023Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
Jan 19, 2023Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
Sep 16, 2022Puma in Patagonia
Oct 7, 2024Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
Sep 3, 2019In the Most Serene Republic
Jan 2, 2024Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
Jun 7, 2020A hermitage with a view
May 7, 2021Deep in the North Woods wetlands
Jul 18, 2023Great hornbill, Thailand
May 26, 2020It s tree-climbing season
May 26, 2018Honoring the first American woman in space
Dec 26, 2019It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
Oct 10, 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado
Jan 1, 2024Happy New Year!
Sep 17, 2024Mid-Autumn Festival
Jul 20, 2022National Moon Day
Feb 17, 2018Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
Apr 14, 2018It’s National Dolphin Day!
Feb 17, 2019Flock online for the Great Backyard Bird Count
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
Aug 29, 2023American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Jun 10, 2022Poppies in bloom
Jan 3, 2025Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!