### fungus:

Mushroom
* All mushrooms favor moist conditions and the chanterelle is no exception.
* Many mushrooms are edible, but they are often nearly identical to poisonous species
  - high in fiber
* Many mushrooms are poisonous and some toadstools are edible or safe
  - the spore-forming bodies of mycorrhizal fungi
  - bear a superficial resemblance to one another
  - cause negative reactions in some or all people, and some are extremely poisonous
  - look similar when comparing transient characters such as color, size, etc
* Most mushrooms are Basidiomycetes
  - more dangerous to young children, the aged and the very ill
  - saprophytes
  - carry spores
  - contain spores
* Most mushrooms grow from microscopic spores
* Most mushrooms grow in dark places
* Most mushrooms grow near dead trees
  - under trees
* Most mushrooms have a stem and a cap
  - topped by a cap with gills on the underside of the cap
  - aroma
  - chlorophyll
  - extreme variation
  - flavor
  - hollow stems
  - kinds
  - no taste at all and yet some mushrooms are lethally toxic
  - phenotypic variation
  - pleasant aroma
  - properties
  - shapes
  - types
  - umbrella shapes
  - occur in habitats
* Most mushrooms produce fungi
  - sexual spores
  - spores on their gills
* Most mushrooms provide important nutrients
  - several important nutrients
* Most mushrooms use gentle run water
* Some mushrooms also contain compounds with a neurological effect
  - are absolutely deadly
* Some mushrooms are consumed by box turtles
  - easy to identify, and others are difficult
  - expensive
  - geotropic and respond to gravity
  - good to eat and are used as food, while others are very poisonous
  - hallucinogenic
  - non-poisonous
  - only poisonous if eaten in large quantities
* Some mushrooms are poisonous and cause stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea
  - only if eaten with alcoholic beverages
  - regardless of how they are cooked or prepared
  - when raw but become harmless when parboiled and thoroughly cooked
  - produced during only one season of the year
  - tall and slender, others are short and round
* Some mushrooms become food
  - belong to genus
* Some mushrooms can be deadly if eaten
  - cause contamination
* Some mushrooms cause death very quickly
  - gastrointestinal problems
  - nausea
* Some mushrooms cause severe gastrointestinal problems
  - change appearance dramatically as they mature or even in different seasons
  - come from brazils
* Some mushrooms contain cancer-fighting properties and some aid the body's immune system
  - proteins
  - psychoactive compounds
* Some mushrooms contribute to cardiovascular health
  - get food
  - give off toxins
* Some mushrooms grow at bases
  - homes
* Some mushrooms grow in cow manure
  - lawns
  - temperature
  - materials
* Some mushrooms grow on dead wood
  - decay wood
  - substrate
  - only on dead or dying trees, and others grow only from soil
* Some mushrooms have a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship with tree roots
  - edges
  - magical power
  - nerves
  - no known antidote
  - teeth
  - help cancer
* Some mushrooms increase cholesterol excretion
* Some mushrooms increase fecal cholesterol excretion
  - look like truffles
* Some mushrooms make great meals
* Some mushrooms produce flavor mushrooms
* Some mushrooms receive sugar
  - their nourishment from living roots of nearby trees
  - shed spores
  - take hours to name
  - tend to occur in a variety of habitats, but many are restricted in distribution
* abound when the weather is moist as well as do mosses and seaweeds.
* also have lots of great, meaty flavors
  - vitamin D, ergothionene, and potassium
* always grow in damp places so they look like umbrellas.
* always grow in damp places, and so they look like umbrellas
  - which is why they look like umbrellas
* appear at the base of the tree.
* are a fungus and have no chlorophyll
  - good source of selenium and copper
  - great source of protein
  - low-calorie food usually eaten raw or cooked to provide garnish to a meal
  - sustainable forest product
  - type of fungi, or fungus
  - well known example
  - well-known example of fruiting bodies
  - abundant after a rain
  - almost a staple food in Thailand, traditionally eaten at most meals
* are also fungi
  - plentiful
  - popular fare among all chipmunk species
  - targets of concern over conservation of biotic diversity
  - an example of fungi
  - another feature of autumnal eating
  - at risk in the Pacific Northwest
  - available fresh and dried for eating or boiling in tea
  - basidiomycetes
  - beneficial higher fungi
  - big masses of hyphae
  - classified as producers
  - clearly multicellular
  - clouds
  - considered 'phase shift' corals
  - decomposers
  - delicate and easily bruised, which leads to premature discoloring and softening
  - eaten, as well
  - ecologically important
  - edibles
  - especially abundant after a rainfall
  - everywhere
  - examples of basidiomycete because they are a type of fungi
  - exciting to grow
  - fleshy fungi that reproduce through sexual matings of spores
* are food for many kinds of animals and insects
  - woodland critters, including deer and squirrels
  - fruits of the fungus plant and consist of two main parts, the cap and the stem
* are fungi that are actually multicellular
  - reproduce via macroscopic fruiting bodies, forming spores
  - typically produced above the grounds
* are fungi, and are usually placed in a Kingdom of there own apart from plants and animals
  - as is the mold that forms the blue or green veins in some types of cheese
  - funguses
  - hard to identify
  - hearty and filling
  - high in albumen and glycogen, which is thought to increase sexual vigor
  - highly nutritious fungi that have a multitude of health benefits and taste great
  - in abundance, as are wildflowers
  - kewl
  - known to concentrate heavy metals, as well as air and water pollutants
  - large, often edible fungi that produce fruiting bodies containing basidiospores
  - legal
* are located in cans
  - grocery stores
  - pizzas
  - refrigerators
  - supermarkets
  - made up of hyphae filaments and a mass of hyphae is called a mycelium
  - more than an essential ingredient for spaghetti sauce
  - multi cellular
* are one of a group of plants that produce no chlorophyll and are called fungi
  - the best sources of riboflavin
* are one of the few food crops grown in climate controlled buildings
  - non-animal sources
  - main species of fungus
  - world's best decomposers
  - organic, thus undetectable
  - organisms known as fungi
* are part of saprobes
  - stuffed mushrooms
  - particularly bountiful after a rainfall
  - photoautotrophic eukaryotes
  - probably the most well-known type of fungus
  - produced by basidiomycetes and are formed as a result of sexual reproduction
  - quite capable of forcing their way up through asphalt and lifting paving stones
  - saprophytes and, often, parasites
  - special worlds, which manifest themselves in many way
* are the best known fungi
  - fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting of a fungus
  - fruit of a wood infesting fungus
* are the fruiting bodies produced by some fungi
  - bodies, or reproductive structures, of some types of fungi
* are the fruiting body of a fungus
  - the fungi and known to cause mycetismus, mushroom poisoning
  - largest fungi existing in the universe
  - leading source of the essential antioxidant selenium in the produce aisle
  - reproductive body of fungus, comparable to acorns on oak trees
  - seasonal fruit of mostly perennial fungi living in the ground or on decaying wood
  - sign that a fungus has no more room to grow
* are the ultimate health food, producing unique compounds that beef up the body s defenses
  - usually decay organisms
  - vegetables
  - very much alive
* bear spores.
* become brown in color.
* begin sprouting in splendor about one week after the first late fall rain.
* belong to a special class of plantlike fungi described as macrofungi with fruiting bodies
  - group of fungi called club fungi
* belongs to the fungi kingdom.
* boost the immune system and protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer.
* can be extremely poisonous
  - fresh, dried, frozen or in brine
  - become quite numerous
  - cause severe illness or death
  - go just about anywhere on a pizza
* can grow in dark caves, while algae can grow in the waters of seas, lakes, and ponds
  - soil and are edible
  - the wild in all temperate zones either in open spaces or woodlands
* come in a bewildering but fascinating array of shapes, colours, sizes and odours.
* contain essential minerals, potassium, magnesium and iron.
* contain many chemical compounds
  - essential amino acids and can be a valuable food source
  - no chlorophyll and most are considered saprophytes
  - some of the most potent natural medicines on the planet
  - twice as much protein and less water than other salad vegetables
* continue to be harvested by avid mushroom hunters.
* cook extremely well in the microwave
* decompose the remains of other living beings.
* depend upon both living and dead organisms for food.
* develop at the base of the plant in the fall
  - differently than plants or animals do
* disperse spores so that future mushrooms can develop.
* do n t grow inbetween light beams
  - share some of the benefits of fruits and vegetables
* extract also has high amount of retene that has an antagonistic effect on some tumours.
* feed on decaying organic material.
* figure prominently in the human diet.
* form a part of the ecology of a forest or grassland
  - due to decomposing organic matter
  - only after the compost is covered with a layer of casing material
* fruit faster at warmer temperatures and slower at cooler temperatures.
* grow faster in the spring when the rains come
  - from a stem
* grow from microscopic spawn
* grow from the rings
  - the dark
  - well in the dark and when fed detritus
* growing in houseplant soil common problem
  - the ground are more dangerous than mushrooms growing on living trees
  - is an art and a science
* grown in full sunlight tend to have more.
* grows in our garden when it rains.
* have a long history of human consumption
  - strong aftertaste very unlike commercial salad or cooking mushrooms
  - earth and body, so they can stand up to red wine
  - good nutritional value and are an important part of today's healthy diet
  - little trouble with pests as long as the growing area is kept clean
  - many other health benefits because they contain nucleotides
  - no skin so they can lose water to the atmosphere very easily
  - the potential of being toxic
  - two methods of reproduction, one asexual and one sexual
* includes basidiocarps
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - myceliums
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
* is Eukaryotic
  - agaric
  - the fleshy fungus growing from soil or trees
* line the forest floors and for a short while during the summer, fiddleheads grow.
* mature within three days to a week after growing.
* occur anywhere from the desert to the alpine tundra
* offer all kinds of health benefits, too.
* play extremely important roles in the ecosystem, and some are famously delicious.
* pop up around rotting logs, and beetle larvae feast on the fungus and decayed wood
  - in the dunes during rainy periods
* popcorn kernels produce firm, round pieces of popcorn with a bit of chewiness.
* possess pigments of various colours viz
  - very subtle flavors
* prefer dark, cool, moist, and humid growing environments.
  - spores which are spread and grow into new mushrooms
* readily concentrate both pesticides and heavy metals and can become toxic as a result.
* release spores.
* reproduce by means of spores
  - producing spores
* reproduce by releasing spores that sprout and grow into new fungi
  - with spores
* service company.
* spring up in a night, but oaks grow with deliberation and endure for centuries
  - overnight, but they are usually poisonous
* sprout up in unexpected places.
* thrive in areas that are grassy and wooded.
* type of fungi and most fungi reproduce asexually, and other asexually.
* vary from pinhead in size to basketballs
  - greatly in strength
  - in abundance from year to year and at different seasons
* work as diuretics and liver protectors to some degree.
+ Mushroom, Structure of mushrooms
  * Most mushrooms have a stem and a cap. The bottom of the cap sometimes has gills to hold spores, and sometimes holds the spores themselves.
+ Vitamin D, Getting enough: Vitamins
  * Very few foods naturally contain much D3. Fish do, especially oily ones, such as salmon, sardine and mackerel. Many kinds of edible mushrooms contain some D2, like shiitake. Mushrooms grown in full sunlight tend to have more.