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Well I suppose one SHOULD avoid the hallucinogenic sort...:) Never heard of needing to avoid the regular sort, though.

As long as they're the store-bought variety and you didn't gather them yourself in the forest or score them on the street, then I think you'll be ok.

I think eating mushrooms should be perfectly safe as i have never heard no have I been told to avoid them.

You do not have to avoid eating mushrooms while pregnant. As long as you buy them in a store and wash them thoroughly you have no reason to be concerned. It is important to wash all vegetables thoroughly with soap (dish soap is fine) as the soil they grow in contains the bacteria responsible for toxoplasmosis, tetanus, listeriosis and other diseases that are especially dangerous in pregnancy. Good luck and enjoy your mushrooms!