Poisons and goodness

Yeast and bread

Yeast and bread

Cultivated mushrooms

Cultivated mushrooms

Lagotto, truffle dog

Lagotto, truffle dog

Risotto with mushrooms

Risotto with mushrooms

White truffle

White truffle

Dried mushrooms

Dried mushrooms

Penicillin molecule

Penicillin molecule

Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola

Cleaning in place

Cleaning in place

Poisonous Amanita

Poisonous Amanita

Black truffle

Black truffle

For a long time, mushrooms were considered vegetables, curious presences of the woods, some highly coveted for the tables of the finest connoisseurs, others feared for their load of poisons. In reality, mushrooms are not plants, they are chlorophyll-free and cannot derive energy from sunlight.