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Beth 
I think some mushrooms glow in the dark. 
Neil 
OK, Beth, we'll find out if that’s true at the end of the programme. Scientific 
researcher, Dr Emily Leeming, has been studying the medicinal properties of 
mushrooms for King's College, London. She shared her discoveries with, Sheila 
Dillon, presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme, The Food Chain: 
Dr Emily Leeming
So, I think these mushrooms are very much 
having a moment
right now, they're 
kind of labelled as ‘super brain drugs’, so things are gonna potentially help with 
lessening anxiety, improving potentially depression. It’s very much about these 
mind benefits that we're seeing the labels on the 
claims 
getting put out there. 
Sheila Dillon 
What do you think of those claims? 
Dr Emily Leeming 
I think that at the moment they seem to be quite 
overblown.
We don't have as 
much evidence on humans at all, it's very limited. 
 

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Beth 
Dr Leeming says that right now medicinal mushrooms are 
having a moment
. If 
something is 
having a moment
, it’s very popular or fashionable at a particular 
time. 
Neil 
Mushrooms are popular due to the 
claims
about what they can do, for example, 
reduce depression. A 
claim 
is a statement that something is true, although it 
cannot be proved and others might not believe it. Dr Leeming thinks some of the 
claims made about mushrooms are 
overblown
, exaggerated to seem more 
significant than they really are.