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Mushrooms and other cultivated fungi


by Maggy Wassilieff

Button mushrooms were the focus of New Zealand’s mushroom industry for nearly 50 years. Today a range of edible fungi are grown, including shiitake and oyster mushrooms, and truffles – one of the world’s most expensive foods.

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Main image: Oyster mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms


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