mushrooms

     

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting boy of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, hence the word mushroom is most often applied to fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap just as do store-bought white mushrooms. However, "mushroom" can also refer to a wide variety of gilled fungi, with or without stems, and the term is used even more generally to describe both the fleshy fruiting bodies of some Ascomycota and the woody or leathery fruiting bodies of some Basidiomycota, depending upon the context of the word. Forms deviating from the standard form usually have more specific names, such as "puffball", "stinkhorn", and "morel", and gilled mushrooms themselves are often called "agarics" in reference to their similarity to Agaricus or their placement in the order Agaricales. By extension, "mushroom" can also designate the entire fungus when in culture or the thallus (called a mycelium) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms.

Trivia about mushrooms

  • Mycophagists, including humans, are eaters of this kind of fungus
  • Get out your creminis & portobellos--October 15 is national this day
  • First course, fettuccine & shiitake these in a cream sauce with Madeira wine; then I have a surprise for you
  • Porcini & portobellos are types of these
  • I bought a special log to grow the shiitake type of these; let's grill some right now
  • The true morel variety of these is okay to eat; the false morels are poisonous
  • The death cup & destroying angels are poisonous ones of these
  • Shiitake & Portobello
  • You can add a delightfully woodsy flavor to your entrees with porcini, a type of these
  • Favored in winter when veggies are scarce, gribnoi sup is Russian for this fungus soup
  • Many Russians love to pick these fungi, known as griby, & cook them in sour cream
  • This fungal topping is grown in buildings that simulate the conditions inside a cave
  • Oyster & shiitake
  • We're making Stroganoff, so we'll definitely need some champignons, these
  • The A.M.A. says most fatal cases of poisoning from these in the U.S. are caused by the death cap variety
  • Used as a stuffing, duxelles is a mixture of chopped onions, shallots, herbs & these sauteed in butter
  • Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels & chanterelles
  • Button,enoki,chanterelle
  • Coral, horse, oyster & parasol are types of this fungus
  • A "fairy ring" on your lawn is composed of these
  • A baked potato becomes "three men in a boat" with a cheese sail & 3 of the button type of these fungi for the men