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A mushroom r t d t l is th fl h , r -b r ng fruiting body of a fungu , t ll r du d b v ground, n l, or n t f d source. Th t nd rd for th name mushroom is th cultivated wh t butt n mu hr m, Agaricus b ru ; h n th w rd mu hr m m t often applied t th fung (B d m t , Ag r m t ) th t h v a stem (stipe), a cap ( l u ), nd g ll (l m ll , ng. l m ll ) n th und r d f th cap. Mu hr m l describes a v r t f th r g ll d fung , w th r without stems, th r f r th term used to d r b th fl h fru t ng bodies f m Ascomycota. Th g ll r du microscopic r th t help the fungu r d across the gr und r t occupant surface. F rm d v t ng fr m the standard m r h l g usually have m r specific names, u h b l t , uffb ll , t nkh rn , nd m r l , nd g ll d mu hr m th m lv r ft n ll d agarics n r f r n t th r m l r t t Ag r u or th r order Agaricales. B extension, the t rm mushroom n also r f r t th r th nt r fungus when n ultur , the thallus ( ll d a m l um) f forming th fru t ng b d called mushrooms, r th t lf. Identifying mu hr m requires a b und r t nd ng f th r macroscopic tru tur . Most r B d m t nd g ll d. Th r r , ll d b d r , r r du d n th g ll nd f ll n a fine rain of powder fr m und r the a r ult. At th m r level, the b d r are h t off basidia nd then fall between th g ll n th dead r . A a result, f r m t mushrooms, f th ut ff nd placed g ll- d -d wn v rn ght, a wd r m r n r fl t ng th shape f the gills (or r , r n , t .) f rm d (wh n th fruit b d is sporulating). Th l r of th powdery r nt, ll d a r r nt, u d t h l l f mu hr m nd n help t d nt f th m. S r print l r n lud wh t (most mm n), br wn, bl k, ur l -br wn, pink, ll w, nd creamy, but lm t never blu , gr n, or r d. While m d rn d nt f t n of mu hr m u kl b m ng m l ul r, the standard m th d f r d nt f t n r still used b m t nd h v d v l d nt a fine rt h rk ng b k t m d v l t m nd th V t r n r , mb n d with microscopic examination. The presence f juices u n breaking, bruising r t n , odors, tastes, h d f color, h b t t, h b t, nd season are all n d r d b b th m t ur nd r f n l m l g t . T t ng nd m ll ng mushrooms rr t wn hazards b u f poisons and allergens. Chemical tests r l u d f r m genera. In general, identification t g nu n often b accomplished n th f ld using a l l mu hr m gu d . Identification to species, however, r u r m r ff rt; one must remember th t a mu hr m develops fr m a butt n stage into a m tur structure, nd nl th latter n r v d rt n h r t r t needed f r the d nt f t n f the . H w v r, v r-m tur specimens l features nd r du ng r . M n n v h v m t k n hum d w t r m rk n r f r wh t r r nt , r discolored r f

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