Junior Researcher of the Mycology Department of the M.H. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine, Candidate of Biological Sciences Maria Shevchenko, in an interview with "Glavcom," answered common questions about one of the most mysterious creatures – fungi.
Can mass mushroom picking be detrimental to them, and which species suffer the most from it? How long should mushrooms not be collected in areas where intense combat took place? Is it now safe to eat mushrooms from the Chernobyl zone? Which mushroom species should be included in the Red Book of Ukraine, and which should be excluded according to new scientific research? How well studied are the mushrooms growing in Ukraine by scientists? How quickly does a mushroom grow, and which mushrooms can be cultivated at home? What beneficial and healing properties do mushrooms have?
About this and more – in the interview "Does the fly agaric really have healing properties?" on the "Glavcom" website.