3 ms·Gross. This stuff's used in Chinese medicine. My parents have a friend who drinks a tea made from this fungus.by zasz 18y agoGross. This stuff's used in Chinese medicine. My parents have a friend who drinks a tea made from this fungus.illicium 18y agoMushrooms are fungi, you know.zasz 18y agoI do know. The mushrooms on my pizza, however, weren't grown by planting spores in a poor animal's head and growing and growing until its exoskeleton cracked.