Show fact about the mushroom A well known botanist says that mushrooms might properly be called vegetable vege table meat and used as a substitute tor for animal food it Is doubtful however hover it this is true says the american medical association the more we learn of mushrooms the more it becomes apparent that they are scarcely different as regards dietary virtues from the general run ot of the green vegetables bich have never achieved the distinction of 0 any unique or superior nutritive properties they belong rather to that large group of food cod materials abich we consume tor for reasons quite apart from the yield of nourishment which they have to offer to the body |