PLNTPTH 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Phallaceae, Mount Vesuvius, Shiitake
22 Feb 2017
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Type about one specific portion, then submit those notes to a dropbox on carmen. Who was the first person to actually eat that? . Arose among the earliest humans along the african savannah, people who lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and needed to take advantage of food as much as possible. Only 1% of mushrooms are actually deadly. About 20% will cause gastrointestinal problems, but are not deadly. Others are still not appetizing -- too slimy, too small, whatever it may be. Recently archaeologists found evidence that neanderthals consumed mushrooms about. They also found evidence of jewelry-making and weaving. An image called the mushroom man was found, where a man appears. Some other early european finds: to be holding and covered in mushrooms. been used medicinally or eaten, either way it is proof of their importance. An entire bowl of field mushrooms was preserved for food and found recently.
