Assertion: truffle | /r/HasProperty | mushroom
Facets:
value: technically
type: DEGREE
value: basically
type: DEGREE
value: because of its fruiting
type: CAUSE
value: arguably
type: DEGREE
value: under this definition
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Why Truffles are Technically Mushrooms
text: Under this definition, since a truffle is a fruiting body of a fungi, it can generally be considered a mushroom.
text: Sometimes regarded as a mushroom, the truffle is a subterranean European macrofungus belonging to the order Tuberales with an underground fruiting body, usually round and pitted.
text: Despite some confusion over the topic due to the truffle growing underground (most mushrooms grow above ground and their below ground parts are fungus, but not mushrooms), not having a prominent stem or open spore bearing surface on the outside (most mushrooms do), and accomplishing its reproduction through being eaten by animals that eat fungi (most above ground mushrooms spread their spores through the air) the truffle is still arguably a mushroom (because of its fruiting, AKA spore bearing, body).
text: So yes, botanically speaking, truffles are indeed mushrooms.
text: Truffles are basically mushrooms that form below ground rather than above ground.
text: Technically, truffles are mushrooms that don't have stems and are usually discovered under the ground-usually under oak, pine, beech, and pecan trees mostly in Europe including various parts of Italy, France, Slovenia and Croatia.
text: Truffles are a fungi, like mushrooms, but which grow under ground.
text: The following statements about truffles are correct: Truffles are considered mushrooms.