Mushroom

Mushroom
	The toxic mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as "fly agaric."
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota

A mushroom (also called a toadstool) is the part of a fungus that is like a fruit of a plant. Unlike plants, mushrooms do not use sunlight to make energy for themselves. Some mushrooms are edible (safe to be eaten), and are used for cooking in many countries, such as China, Korea and Europe. Other mushrooms, however, are poisonous, and can kill people (or make them very sick) if they are eaten. People who look for mushrooms to eat are called mycophagists, meaning "mushroom eater", while The act of looking for mushrooms is simply called "mushrooming".^[1] Mushrooms helps to make a Healthy Bones and Good for Diabetics. It is available in Different colours and Shapes.^[2]

Kinds of mushrooms[change | change source]

Mushroom in Swedish forest 9

Agarics (includes very poisonous, and hallucinogenic kinds)
Boletus (edible)
Bracket fungi
Chanterelles (edible)
Coral fungi (edible)
Cup fungi (usually edible)
Jelly fungi (usually edible, but tastes bad)
Polypores (similar to boletes)
Psychedelic (also known as shrooms)
Puffballs (usually edible)
Stinkhorns (edible, but smells bad)
Tooth fungi

Structure of mushrooms[change | change source]

Most mushrooms have a stem and a cap. The bottom of the cap sometimes has gills to hold spores, and sometimes holds the spores themselves.

References[change | change source]

↑ Metzler, Susan; Metzler, Van (January 1992). Texas mushrooms: a field guide. ISBN 9780292751255. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
↑ Bisht, Manish Singh (2020-09-03). "7 Mushroom Benefits which Makes you Healthy". Early Natural. Retrieved 2020-09-03.

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