# Can you ferment mushrooms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 20, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776 "2011-07-20T23:42:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/41 "2012-08-31T12:10:20Z")
Here in Korea, we have a mushroom wine. Very popular around the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/42 "2012-08-31T12:22:47Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Well, chaptalization is allowed in many cool climate wine areas. Both Burgundy and Bordeaux allow it. It is also allowed in Oregon. I don’t know about Washington but I would think it is done there as well. > > In Champagne it is considered essential to the process of producing wine. > > It is a tool used by respected and quality wine producers in each of those areas. They just control it very closely. This is interesting to know. The Wikipedia article on chaptalization is quite enlightening. My association with chaptalization is mostly with non-grape wines and cheap(er) table wines (For example, in Germany, you can tell which wines are definitely not chaptalized by the designation on the label.) I did know Champagne added sugar at the end of the process, but did not realize that it was used in the must, too. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Keeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Keeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeb)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/43 "2013-03-23T22:34:41Z")
As a kid, the restaurant my mom worked at had mushroom based sauce similar to soy, but not soy sauce. I loved that stuff. I was told they quit making it because of contamination and that starting over was to costly. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/44 "2013-03-23T23:36:15Z")
> [@Copper](#): > > You can ferment mushrooms. I’m writing a book about it. Mushroom Hooch For Dummies?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/45 "2013-03-23T23:46:49Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Mushroom Hooch For Dummies?😕 By that guy’s reasoning, you can also ferment granite. Or zombies. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/46 "2013-03-24T02:12:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > By that guy’s reasoning, you can also ferment granite. Or zombies. He’s [half correct](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zombie+dust&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&biw=1680&bih=904&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=r2BOUcPpL-va2wXZ94H4CA#imgrc=wBQNOzViNPbNuM%3A%3Btx4GNAa-0AxmmM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg1.findthebest.com%252Fsites%252Fdefault%252Ffiles%252F675%252Fmedia%252Fimages%252FZombie_Dust.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbeer.findthebest.com%252Fl%252F1153%252FThree-Floyds-Zombie-Dust%3B640%3B427) ---
**Author:** ![tunajim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@tunajim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tunajim)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/47 "2015-02-15T08:36:20Z")
yeast is a fungi…mushrooms are a fungi. therefore the mushroom is the is the fermentor. not the fermented. transforming the mushroom into enzymes that contain all of the the beneficial nutrients,and makes them more efficiently absorbable by the digestive system. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/48 "2015-02-15T09:46:54Z")
> [@tunajim](#): > > yeast is a fungi…mushrooms are a fungi. therefore the mushroom is the is the fermentor. not the fermented. This doesn’t make any sense. Yeast isn’t the only thing that ferments things, and the fact that yeast and mushrooms are part of the same kingdom is just irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776/49 "2015-02-15T13:08:32Z")
> [@tunajim](#): > > yeast is a fungi…mushrooms are a fungi. therefore the mushroom is the is the fermentor. not the fermented. transforming the mushroom into enzymes that contain all of the the beneficial nutrients,and makes them more efficiently absorbable by the digestive system. “Fungi” is plural. “A fungus.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ferment-mushrooms/589776.md?page=2)