✔ Mushrooms of the Oyster variety are some of the more commonly consumed mushrooms in the world. ✔ They are rich in high-quality proteins and amino acids, B vitamins, vitamin D, iron and potassium. ✔ Several studies are now showing that they lower cholesterol due to the presence of statins and lovastatins. 1. Antibacterial 2. Lowers cholesterol 3. anti-cancer 4. Immune booster ✔ Blue Oysters grow in clusters and take on a shelf like shape. ✔ It has white stems with deep blue caps that turn grey as they age. ✔ Like many mushrooms, it should be picked young for consumption as it becomes tougher as it ages and its taste and smell deteriorate. ✔ Pleurotus Columbinus is known to be fairly easy to grow as long as it has plenty of fresh air flow. ✔ It can grow on dead wood, straw, grass, cotton, cacti, hemp, coffee waste, paper products amongst other things, making it a great way to turn your compost into a mushroom growing substrate. ✔ It is also a carnivorous mushroom, consuming nem
