Mushrooms

Tightly closed commercial ones will not deliver a great deal of flavour. Larger, older ones have more flavour but wild mushrooms have the best woodsy flavour. Though a total of 1,200 varieties are edible, about 30 may cause indigestion and about another 30, if eaten, will kill. There is also the problem of mushrooms from fields which have been sprayed by man-made chemicals and mineral pollutants which mushrooms absorb. Like brambles, mushrooms which are growing near main roads are always heavily contaminated with lead.