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Mushrooms

Although considered a vegetable, mushrooms are neither a plant nor animal food. They are a type of fungus that contains a substance called ergosterol, similar in structure to cholesterol in animals. Ergosterol can be transformed into vitamin D with exposure to ultraviolet light. -- Courtesy Harvard University School of Public Health

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Uploaded on August 15, 2023
Taken on February 10, 2019