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- This article is about the living organism. For other uses of the word "mushroom", see Mushroom (disambiguation).
A mushroom (Old English muscheron, from the Old French mouscheron, French mousseron —same name in English as a common kind of mushroom— itself perhaps a diminutive of mousse, meaning moss) is an above-ground fruiting body (that is, a spore-producing structure) of a fungus, having a shaft and a cap. By extension, it designates the entire fungus producing the fruiting body of such appearance, the former consisting of a network (called the mycelium) of filaments or hyphae. In a much broader sense, mushroom is applied to any visible fungus, or especially the fruiting body of any fungus, with the mycelium usually being hidden under bark, ground, rotten wood, leaves, etc. Mushrooms obtain food through decomposition. The technical term for the spore-producing structure of "true" mushrooms is the basidiocarp. The term "toadstool" is used typically to designate a basidiocarp that is poisonous to eat.
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lunch today... turkey breast, shitake mushrooms and watercress in a soy and honey marinade, lovingly wrapped in tortilla. LUSH
tomstaniford (Tom Staniford) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:31:47 -0000
lunch today... turkey breast, shitake mushrooms and watercress in a soy and honey marinade, lovingly wrapped in tortilla. LUSH
Thinking on the way home to pick up some shin of beef mushrooms and carrots for a casserole - isn't snow such a good excuse
jobucks (Jo Jordan) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:24:25 -0000
Thinking on the way home to pick up some shin of beef mushrooms and carrots for a casserole - isn't snow such a good excuse
The 5th for yesterday was Alligator, swiss chard and mushrooms. YUMMMMY!
bigtrucktacos (big truck tacos) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:21:59 -0000
The 5th for yesterday was Alligator, swiss chard and mushrooms. YUMMMMY!
Breakfast: consumed. Mushrooms and eggs were born to be eaten together. Now full and want to take a nap. Hee!
siniful (Ai - Lil Black Dress) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:20:43 -0000
Breakfast: consumed. Mushrooms and eggs were born to be eaten together. Now full and want to take a nap. Hee!
@elgreg breakfast of mushrooms? Me gusta.
briande (brian demarco) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:19:52 -0000
@elgreg breakfast of mushrooms? Me gusta.
Medicinal mushrooms are good for you. #cardiovascular health #immune system #skincare #stamina #endurance
GoodHealth4ever (Chris) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:19:41 -0000
Medicinal mushrooms are good for you. #cardiovascular health #immune system #skincare #stamina #endurance
American Mushroom Institute - Information on cultivation, regulations, statistics, seminars and conferences, suppliers and consultation services.
Meta Description: [ Information about the American Mushroom Institute--Growing mushrooms, membership services, mushroom growing, mushroom market, mushroom statistics, food science research etc. American Mushroom Institute is located in Washington, DC ]
Dr. Khanaqa Research Institute - Information about cultivation of truffles and truffle-infected plants. Truffle-infected broad-leaved tree seedlings available for purchase.
Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms Directory - Links to websites of researchers investigating edible mycorrhizal fungi, including truffles, Boletus, Cantharellus, Lactarius, and Tricholoma.
Meta Description: [ Institutionen för skoglig mykologi och patologi, SLU ]
International Society for Mushroom Science - Website of the ISMS. The site has descriptions of many cultivated species, and a links page.
Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing - Detailed notes on how to set up a production system for mushroom production. An ATTRA information package.
Meta Description: [ Publication designed for market gardeners to incorporate mushrooms into their systems and for farmers to use mushroom cultivation to extract value from woodlot thinnings and other "waste" materials. ]
Mushroom Information Center - Mushworld - Resource for information pertaining to all aspects of the mushroom community including cultivation, pest and disease, medicinal mushrooms,seminars and conferences, and consultation.
Mushrooms - Three technologies/equipment for getting of fruit bodies and mycelium of edible mushrooms.
Myco Labs - Researches the edible and other useful products to be made from fungi.
Meta Description: [ Vienna based Mycology lab producing quality Mushrooms ]
Shiitake Mushroom Production - Notes on growing this wood growing fungus.
Meta Description: [ In nature, the shiitake fungus propagates and spreads from spores produced by the mushroom. Instead, logs are inoculated with actively growing fun ]
Sylvan Inc. - Produces and distributes mushroom spawn and fresh mushrooms.
Meta Description: [ Serving the Mushroom Industry.
Sylvan produces mushroom spawn, supplements, and has a support staff
waiting to help you with your farm. ]
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