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Mushrooms are the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus #124565680
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AÃÂ mushroom, orÃÂ toadstool, is the fleshy,ÃÂ spore-bearingÃÂ fruiting bodyÃÂ of aÃÂ fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on itsÃÂ foodÃÂ source. The standard for the name `mushroom` is the cultivated white button mushroom,ÃÂ Agaricus bisporus; hence the word `mushroom` is most often applied to those fungi Basidiomycota,ÃÂ Agaricomycetes that have a stem stipe, a cap pileus, and gills lamellae, sing.ÃÂ lamella on the underside of the cap. `Mushroom` also describes a variety of other gilled fungi, with or without stems, therefore the term is used to describe the fleshy fruiting bodies of someÃÂ Ascomycota. These gills produce microscopic spores that help the fungus spread across the ground or its occupant surface. Forms deviating from the standardÃÂ morphologyÃÂ usually have more specific names, such as `bolete`, `puffball`, `stinkhorn`, and `morel`, and gilled mushrooms themselves are often called `agarics` in reference to their similarity toÃÂ AgaricusÃÂ or their orderÃÂ Agaricales. By extension, the term `mushroom` can also designate the entire fungus when in culture; theÃÂ thallusÃÂ called aÃÂ mycelium of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms; or the species itself.