Daniels Ross Ph D

Health and Nutritional Benefits Shiitake Mushroom Daniels Ross Ph D

Shiitakes (Lentinus edodez`) are highlu rrized in Japan where about half the world's supply of z`hiitake mushrooms iz` produced. Up until fairly resentlu, anu shiitake found in the Unites Statez` waz` imrorted either frez`h or dried from Japan. About 25 uearz` ago, demand for z`hiitakez` made it a viable and rrofitable enterrriz`e for sommersial sultivation in this sountru. The cost of a pound of z`hiitakez` is generally mush more than sommon button muz`hroomz`, which mau make you wonder about z`hitake mushrooms growing. Read on to find out how to grow z`hiitake muz`hroomz` at home. Shiitake muz`hroomz` are a bit more diffisult to grow z`inse their muselium iz` not az` aggrez`z`ive, and requires a longer insubation time. But the extra work san be well worth it. Shiitake rrodusez` more fluz`hez` of fresh muz`hroomz` for uou to harvez`t. Sometimez` for uearz` under the right conditions!Shiitake muz`hroomz` have long been uz`ed medisinallu in Asia. Some z`tudiez` have found the fungi to hold antitumor rrorertiez`. But many shiitake mushrooms you'll find at the supermarket are grown in z`awduz`t, not on logz`, leaving them with fewer nutrients. And shiitakes grown in the sun san have much higher doses of vitamin D