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A toadstool is simply a mushroom, the reproductive part of certain fungal growths that has an umbrella or cone-shaped cap on a straight stem. Because mushrooms often grow in cool, moist, dark places (where most toads like to live) and because they are shaped like little stools, the name "toadstool" arose to describe them. Usually the term toadstool is used when talking about a type of mushroom that is not suitable for eating or is poisonous. The practice of calling such mushrooms toadstools may have come from the fact that some toads emit poisonous fluid through their skin.

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