Are mushrooms vegetables? And are they good for you?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

Taxonomically, Mushrooms are in the Fungi Kingdom.
In the culinary world, they are treated like vegetables.

Are they good for you?
Most mushroom have very little nutritional benefit. (From watching the show "Man vs Wild") However, there are some vitamins and anti-oxidants in mushrooms, but mushrooms around about 90% water.

You would probably get more nutritional benefits from using dried mushrooms than fresh.

Answer 3

Mushrooms are a fungi, but some people say there vegetables. I don't know. Sorry. They are very good for you, but be careful because some are poisonous and deadly.

Answer 4

I dont know, but I LOVE mushrooms and I think they are good for you....

Get this, they put mushroom juice in Milk, there is a vitamin in it, maybe vitamin K, but they add it because it breaks down something in the milk, maybe vitamin D, but it makes it so our bodies can absorb the calcium in milk. I think thats neat.

So there is something in mushrooms good for you, not sure what though lol

Answer 5

Today just hours ago.
I saw an answer that defined your question to end the nonsense of the twist of words " fruits.. vegetables etc
the dictionary is correct to class them.
the cross over has to do with the laws..
vegetables have a tariff... to be plain fruit none.
the government classed certain fruit by thier use.. tomatoes and all the squash veggies (others)??? for taxes...
but consider all fruit, vegetables, seeds, legumes, fungi's, tubers, herbs,,, (?more) they are ALL in the 'produce' department...

Answer 6

mushrooms

Various edible fungi (botanically both mushrooms and toadstools); correctly the fruiting bodies of the fungi. Altogether some 300 species are sold, fresh or dried, in markets around the world; most of these are gathered wild rather than cultivated.

The common cultivated mushroom, including flat, cup, and button mushrooms is Agaricus bisporus, as is the chestnut or Paris mushroom. Other cultivated mushrooms include: shiitake (or Black Forest mushroom); oyster mushroom; Chinese straw mushroom.

Some wild species are especially prized, including field mushroom; horse mushroom; parasol mushroom; beefsteak fungus; blewits; wood blewits; cep or boletus; chanterelle; matsutake; puffballs; morels; truffles; wood-ears (or Chinese black fungus); yellow mushroom. Many other wild fungi are also edible, but many are poisonous.

A 50-g portion provides 1.5 g of dietary fibre and is a rich source of copper; a source of vitamin B2, niacin, folate, and selenium; supplies 6 kcal (25 kJ).

Answer 7

They are fungi. I once asked if vegetarians can eat them since they are fungi. Some guy told me is was silly then had the question blocked. But now look. Not everyone even knows they are fungi. They are fungi.

Answer 8

"Though mushrooms are often grouped with vegetables and fruits, they are actually fungi--for that reason, they are in a class of their own, nutritionally speaking. Mushrooms do share some of the benefits of fruits and vegetables. They are low in calories, have no cholesterol and are virtually free of fat and sodium. And that’s not all. Mushrooms stand alone when it comes to some of the essential minerals and B-complex vitamins not easily found in produce. In addition, some contain substances that might prove to be useful in the treatment and prevention of serious diseases."

Answer 9

Mushrooms are a fungus and have niacin, potassium and some trace elements.

Answer 10

yes and yes they have alot of protein

mmm i love mushrooms.

Answer 11

yes they are vegetables