In fact, as the authors of a recent Nutrition Today article noted, mushroomsâ nutrient and culinary characteristics suggest it may be time to re-evaluate food groupings and health benefits in the context of three separate food kingdoms: plants/ botany; animals/zoology and fungi/mycology.
Tate Modern today unveils the latest commission in The Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds, by the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The sculptural installation appears at first to be a vast, flat landscape of sunflower seed husks, covering the east end of the Turbine Hall.
A vast floor within the Tate Modern has been carpeted with more than 100million 'sunflower seeds' - the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series. Visitors will be able to walk on and touch the seeds-the brainchild of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei-which are in fact made of porcelain.