The Difference Between Cooked and Raw Mushrooms

And does cooking versus raw mushroom make any difference? Yeah. So when you cook the mushrooms, more of the active constituents will come out. So if you cook a mushroom, you're going to be getting more of the beta glucans or those polysaccharides. You're going to be getting more ergothione, which is a really cool amino acid compound found in a lot of mushrooms like maitake. And so having it raw, I just don't recommend it. It's like one. I don't think the flavor is that good. And then also, like, I was gonna ask, why do people not recommend raw mushrooms, eating mushrooms raw? Well, and it depends on the mushroom. So like some. So like shiitake, eating too much raw shiitake mushroom, you can get something called shiitake dermatitis. Eating like raw morel mushrooms can straight up kill you and be poisonous. So. And then other kind, common mushrooms like maitake or lion's mane, it's probably not gonna hurt you if you eat them raw, but it's not gonna taste as good. You're not gonna get as many medicinal benefits.