The body of the mushroom in called mycelium and its individual parts are microscopic. Since the body of the mushroom is usually dispersed over a relatively large area it is rarely noticed.
Mushrooms are fungi, and are usually placed in a Kingdom of there own apart from plants and animals.
Mushrooms contain no chlorophyll and most are considered saprophytes. That is, they obtain their nutrition from matabolizing non living organic matter. The body of the mushroom stores nutrients and other essential compounds, and when enough material is stored and the conditions are right they start to fruit - produce mushrooms. Mushrooms develop differently than plants or animals do. Plants and animals grow through cell division - to get bigger they have to produce more cells.