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mushroom |
 | | 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, rotted wood, leaves, etc. The technical term for the spore-producing structure of "true" mushrooms is the basidiocarp. |
 | | Mushrooms were so flavorful for the pharaohs of Egypt that they decreed mushrooms could only be eaten by royalty and no commoner could even touch them, thus giving the royal family the entire available supply. |
 | | Shiitake mushrooms An edible eastern Asian mushroom (Lentinus edodes) having an aromatic, fleshy, golden or dark brown to flish cap and an inedible tough stipe. |
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