Mushrooms, as the basic food of the family, bear the double "responsibility" of delicacy and nutrition. For this excellent food, it has also been quarreled by everyone on the Internet recently. It is said that mushrooms have a particularly strong adsorption capacity for heavy metals, and it is easy to cause heavy metal poisoning if they are eaten frequently.

Will mushrooms really enrich more heavy metals?

Mushrooms, as an edible fungus, may have higher enrichment ability of heavy metals than green leafy vegetables, but it cannot be judged that "mushrooms contain more heavy metals".

Some large fungi may indeed enrich some heavy metals during their growth, such as the uncommon "Agaricus bisporus". However, this does not mean that all mushrooms (edible fungi) have strong heavy metal enrichment ability, because there are great differences among different mushroom species, so it is impossible to generalize.

For these mushroom varieties that may be rich in heavy metals, the so-called "enrichment process (enrichment conditions)" is more caused by the environment. In other words, mushrooms grow in an environment polluted by heavy metals, so they have the opportunity to enrich heavy metals. In other words, mushrooms themselves contain no heavy metals. If it doesn't exist in the growing environment, it can't be said to contain heavy metals.

Most of the mushrooms we eat every day are artificially cultivated in the greenhouse using culture medium, which generally does not contain heavy metals. Adding extra heavy metals will not bring benefits or benefits to businesses. Therefore, most domestic mushrooms do not have the "nature" of enriching heavy metals, so there is no need to worry.