Memory gaps are the terror of the ageing brain. Is it the beginning of dementia or Alzheimer’s? Or is it time for mushrooms?
It began, oddly, with vegetables. That shiny black plant I often grilled: what was its name? I could remember baby marrows but not the Italian name we always used. The yellow vegetable shaped like a pear? Nope, all had relocated to my forgettery.
So I started digging . Partly by click luck and partly because I have friends into alternative medicine, I came across lion’s mane mushrooms. Odd name, but when you see a picture of them, it’s exactly right.Image: Rick Hanger / FlickrMushrooms are the fruiting bodies of subterranean mycelium networks that are essential for keeping trees and other plants healthy by sharing nutrients. They pop up, spread their minute seeds then collapse in mucky heaps, seemingly exhausted from the effort.
In the East, reverence for fungi is evident in the Chinese description of the mushroom hou tou gu as the ‘spirit plant’ or monkey head, believed to provide long life and spiritual potency. In Japan, it was called Yamabushitake from a sect of Buddhist monks who use it to aid meditation.
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