It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom
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Mushrooms | Parts of a Mushroom | Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms  The 3,000 types of mushrooms around the world belong to the group of fungi. ... The umbrella-shaped body of a mushroom that we can see is called the fruit or ... fungus  fungi = a simple plant that has no leaves and flowers and grows on...
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Mushroom - Wikipedia  A mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically ... By extension, the term "mushroom" can also designate the entire fungus ... a powdery impression reflecting the shape of the gills (or pores, or spines, etc.) ... the Fliegenpilz, a German name for the toadstool, meaning "flies' mushroom".
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Identify Poisonous Mushrooms: Some Detailed Tips  When mushroom hunting, it's important to know how to identify poisonous mushrooms. ... This list is by no means the final word! ... factors can change the shape of a mushroom, making it difficult to identify. ... A parasol or umbrella shaped cap.
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mushroom | fungus | Britannica.com  The conspicuous umbrella-shaped fruiting body (sporophore) of certain fungi, typically ... and either can be properly applied to any fleshy fungus fruiting structure. .... While mushrooms and toadstools (poisonous mushrooms) are by no means...
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Identify Mushrooms: Gills, Pores, or Teeth? - Mushroom Appreciation  Identify Mushrooms: Differences Between Gills, Pores, and Teeth ... You can think of spores as fungi seeds. ... They may be "decurrent", meaning they run down the stem as with oyster mushrooms. ... Most boletes have a stalk, an umbrella-shaped top, and disperse spores ... Don't assume any bolete that you find is edible!
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Why do Mexicans love a fungus that ruins corn? | McClatchy DC  Aug 16, 2011 ... CHAPINGO, Mexico  At this time of year, when corn grows high, ... They inspect for swollen husks, a telltale sign that a parasitic fungus has ... It's been called the Mexican truffle, and a "food of the gods. ... "It's this kind of puffy mushroom, a bluish-grayish color, that will kind of ... "This has not been injected.
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AmericanMushrooms.com - The Death Cap Mushroom (Amanita ...  Image - Photo of the deadly poisonous Death Cap mushroom (Amanita ... Equally Toxic North American Mushrooms ... for the majority of fatal and otherwise serious mushroom poisoning cases, ... The most common cause of mushroom exposures, by far, is infant and toddler ... Without these proteins, cells cease to function.
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Corn smut? It's one tasty fungus - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  Aug 11, 2005 ... I'm just going to come right out and say it: The roundly respected chef ... The smut in question is Ustilago maydis, a quite ugly but very tasty fungus that attacks corn ... Huitlacoche has been eaten in parts of Mexico probably since the ... on hand--and you literally go through and spray each single ear of corn.
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Mushroom Information - Mushrooms facts, Educational & Science ...  What is a mushroom? It is the fruit (like an apple) of the mushroom and contain mushroom seeds ... produces microscopic fruiting bodies, people may never notice the fungus. ... They must digest their food before it can pass through the cell wall into the hyphae. ... 2) Mushrooms develop differently than plants or animals do.
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Edible mushroom - Wikipedia  Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi They ... Ancient Romans and Greeks, particularly the upper classes, used ... matsutake, the Matsutake, a mushroom highly prized in Japanese cuisine. ... (coral fungus family); Coprinus comatus, the Shaggy mane, Shaggy Inkcap or...
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Moldy Jell-O - Serendip  adapted from Fun with Moldy Jell-O by Bob Farber at Central High School, ... In contrast, animals must eat to get food. Molds, mushrooms and other fungi seem like plants because they don't move. ... (Please bring some from home if possible.) ... If you want to test the effects of two different factors on mold growth, you will...
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Knife Skills: How to Clean Shiitake, Portobello, and Oyster Mushrooms  Oct 7, 2014 ... Still, when I get a hankering for mushrooms and I take a quick glance ... under water, as they'll absorb the liquid and become difficult to cook. ... Whether you spell it portabella, portobello, or portobella, nobody can ... Remove the Stems ... pry it off, trying to remove as little of the inner cap material as possible.
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Fungus - Wikipedia  A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes unicellular microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as multicellular fungi that produce familiar fruiting forms known as mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from .... Many of the plant and fungal enzymes that make these compounds differ...
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Dordogne in the Fall - DordogneMaison  Truffles: the Black Diamond. The truffle is an underground fungus (mushroom type), which grows at the base of oak trees. Because they are rare, hard to find and delicious, they are almost priceless, and are also called the black diamond of the Prigord. ... The search for edible mushrooms is very popular in France. It can be...
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10 Most Poisonous Mushrooms | Planet Deadly  Dec 3, 2013 ... Well that's one type to avoid, and they will make you pretty ill. ... The fly agaric is the iconic toadstool of children's fairy tales. ... The angel wing was at one time considered edible and it seems that for many years there ... The mode of toxicity isn't well understood in this fungus but a unique amino acid has...
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Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Tom Volk's Fungus of the ...  This month's fungus is Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane mushroom, also known as ... With Coprinus comatus as the type species, the genus becomes more...
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The Amazing Fungi - Wayne's Word - Palomar College  There are about 100,000 known species of mushrooms, rusts, molds, ... This is a foul-smelling fungus that attracts flies to its spore-laden, slimy body, thus .... Right: At maturity, the puffball splits apart releasing millions of spores into the air in a ... these wildflowers to produce flowerlike, leafy stalks called "pseudoflowers.
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Food Molds - Are Molds Dangerous, Whats Cooking America  Food mold feeds itself by producing chemicals that make the food break down and start to rot. ... Molds are microscopic fungi that live on plant or animal matter. ... white dust on Cheddar, coin-size velvety circles on fruits, and furry growth on the surface of jellies. ... Check nearby items the moldy food might have touched.
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(Coprinus comatus) the Shaggy Ink Cap, Lawyer's Wig, or Shaggy ...  JP: Mushrooms - Shaggy Mane is a variety of Inky-cap (the ink dripping) ... Fungi by zweiblumen, via Flickr ~Shaggy Mane mushroom....my 1# edible wild mushroom ..... Support: Manfrotto monopod 680B Maybe not the ideal setup for this kind of ..... It was known to and valued by the Ancient Romans, who called it Boletus,...
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Why you might find a mushroom growing in the house - News ...  Sep 8, 2007 ... I received an e-mail recently from a reader who found a mushroom - or a close fungi-style relation - growing on a second-floor hardwood floor that led to a bathroom. ... Though it seems odd to find mushrooms on the second floor of a home, I, too, have seen mushrooms growing in diverse ...