National Mushroom Month Sep 1, 2023

National Mushroom Month

When the Mushroom Council decided it was high time to "champignon" these versatile fungi, they settled on September as the perfect time to do so. National Mushroom Month highlights their importance and encourages you to know your mushrooms. For example, poisonous jack-o"-lantern mushrooms are sometimes misidentified as edible chanterelles. Others have medicinal properties like today"s homepage species, turkey tail, used to treat lung conditions in traditional Chinese medicine. Recent research showed them exhibiting anti-tumor properties and helping fortify the immune system. Other mushrooms make great meal additions, and from portobello to shiitake mushrooms, there are thousands of edible species out there. Sautéed, stuffed, sliced, on a pizza, or in soup, it is time to bring some umami fun(gi) to your plate!

© Bill Gozansky/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Sep 1, 2018Let the Highland games begin
Sep 1, 2019Bidding summer adieu
Sep 1, 2020National Mushroom Month
Sep 1, 2021It s National Mushroom Month!
Sep 1, 2022Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
Sep 1, 2024Totally Thames Festival, London
Sep 1, 2025Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 17, 2020Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
Aug 2, 2024Virgin Islands National Park established
Nov 7, 2024Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves, Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon centennial
Mar 4, 20222022 Winter Paralympics
Apr 14, 2021Nothing plain about it
Feb 2, 2018Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
Nov 4, 2023National Bison Day
Jul 27, 2021Maybe we should be looking up
Jul 16, 2020Summertime in Alaska
Jan 16, 2020In the valley of the doll
Jun 6, 2020The long and wiggling path
Jan 26, 2024Northern hawk-owl
Jun 6, 2025Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
Oct 14, 2024Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
Jan 21, 2022National Hug Day
Feb 10, 2021A throng of ice and spires
Aug 18, 2018Is that a buzzing sound?
Jun 4, 2022National Trails Day
May 17, 2023Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
Sep 11, 2018Inside the Oculus
Feb 2, 2022Groundhog Day
Mar 28, 2018Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Layton, Utah
Aug 24, 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
Dec 24, 2020Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
Sep 15, 2019A light on National Hispanic Heritage Month
Dec 16, 2022Atlanta Botanical Garden
Feb 27, 2023International Polar Bear Day
Nov 15, 2021Manatee Awareness Month
Aug 1, 2025Edinburgh Festival Fringe