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All three of those are unsuitable due to Omega 6 content. Coconut oil and Olive oil are perfectly fine for frying mushrooms slowly in a pan at medium or low heat.

You're worried about hitting the smoke point, which would impart foul taste to the food, but its unlikely to happen with any competent cook.

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Also it's worth noting that the smoke point is different for extra-virgin versus other olive oils. A purified olive oil has a much higher smoke point and can be used for higher-temperature pan-frying. EVOO can be used for pan frying or baking but you have to control the temperature and keep it below about 375. Below that is actually a good temperature for frying mushrooms in my opinion.

And a little bit of smoke with olive oil is fine, the white "smoke" is likely just water boiling out.

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