The New Complete Book of Food
taken with alcohol. Some mushrooms, including the cultivated edible varieties, may contain
naturally-occurring disulfiram. If taken with alcohol, these mushrooms may cause symp-
toms of a disulfiram-alcohol reaction in sensitive individuals. Since disulfiram lingers in your
system, the symptoms may appear half an hour after you drink alcohol, even if you ate the
mushrooms as much as four or five days ago.