Edible mushroom

Edible Mushroom

Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye). They can appear either below ground (hypogeous) or above ground (epigeous) where they may be picked by hand.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛdɪbəl ˈmʌʃruːm/

Etymology

The term "mushroom" is derived from the French word mousseron, meaning moss.

Related Terms

• Mycology: The branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy, and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicine, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or infection.
• Mycophagy: The act of consuming fungi, especially mushrooms.
• Mycotoxin: A toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungi kingdom, commonly known as molds.
• Mycelium: The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae).

See Also

• List of Edible Mushrooms
• Mushroom Hunting
• Mushroom Poisoning
• Mushroom Cultivation

References

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Edible mushroom
• Wikipedia's article - Edible mushroom

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