Mushroom
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A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. A toadstool generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
Pholiota squarrosa growing at the base of a tree
Amanita muscaria, the most easily recognised "toadstool", is frequently depicted in fairy stories and on greeting cards. It is often associated with gnomes.
A mushroom (probably Russula brevipes) parasitized by Hypomyces lactifluorum, resulting in a "lobster mushroom"
Amanita jacksonii buttons emerging from their universal veils
Agaricus bisporus
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Agaricus bisporus, the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It is cultivated in more than 70 countries and is one of the most commonly an
Mushroom
…another food source. A toadstool generally refers to a poisonous mushroom. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence, the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills…
Champignon Mushroom
White Agaricus bisporus
A. bisporus being cultivated
Brown variety grown in a quarry