phonypc
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The definition is now being expanded beyond infectious diseases I suppose.
FWIW, in my ~10 year professional cooking career I think I've washed a batch of mushrooms a grand total of 2 times, only because they were uncommonly dirty. You've probably eaten unwashed mushrooms many times in restaurants. Eating a little dirt probably isn't going to hurt you. If there's anything pathogenic on them a rinse in water isn't going to do much.
A reddit comment summarizes it best: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/4q6485/til_a...
Counter anecdote: I tend to compulsively clean my apartment on mushrooms.