Because that's what they are called. That's the way it's meant to be.
mushrooms are funny.
The word itself might have come from Old French ("moisseron"). Even in modern french there are quite a few similar words related to damp and musty things:
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It is a word of uncertain origin, possibly pre Latin and used in Northern France from the word 'mousse' or 'moss'. As the mushroom is a variety that can that grow in 'mossy' conditions. The word mushroom has some connection with the translation into 'sudden appearance in full form' or 'expand or increase rapidly'
Because - the definition of a saprotroph - is an organism that 'lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients'. In their natural environment, mushrooms absorb the nutrients they need from decaying leaves and animals where their spores have landed.
They are called horse mushrooms because they tend to grow near stables, where the soils are enriched with nutrients by horse manure.
either because toads often sit on them in a marshy environment.
or cause toads explode out fecal matter and it grows from that
they have no clorophyll so there not plants people think they are plants but they are a type of fungi and they also look like cats
Because a few years ago, It was believed that mushrooms and toadstools where plants until scientists discovered that they don't undergo photosynthesis like all plants do.
Because they feed by absorbing nutients from rotting organic matter (derived from the Greek sapro meaning rotten or putrid, and trophi meaning nourish or food).
The word mushroom comes from Latin meaning fleshy fruiting body.
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There are many different types and varieties of fungi. The group which includes umbrella shaped mushrooms and puffballs is called basidiomycota.
the mushrooms
sac fungi produce spores in a saclike structure called an sporangia
Mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi are all members of this group, as are the plant rusts and smuts. This group, which contains approximately 15,000 known species, is distinguished by the presence of a club- shaped reproductive organ called the basidium.
Club fungi reproduce asexually. This means they do not need a male to reproduce. They form spores on the basidia and these spores grow.
Mushrooms and basidia are both club shaped.
Not all mushrooms
There are many different types and varieties of fungi. The group which includes umbrella shaped mushrooms and puffballs is called basidiomycota.
the mushrooms
Mushrooms are classified as a type of fungus. They are grouped under club fungi, a type of fungi that is a club-shaped structure.
sac fungi produce spores in a saclike structure called an sporangia
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Yes.
Mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi are all members of this group, as are the plant rusts and smuts. This group, which contains approximately 15,000 known species, is distinguished by the presence of a club- shaped reproductive organ called the basidium.
Some examples of Basidiomycota include mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, and bracket fungi. These fungi are characterized by their club-shaped reproductive structures called basidia, which produce sexual spores. Basidiomycota also include important edible fungi like porcini mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms.
Fungi is a group with technical name Mycophyta.
The term "mushroom" can refer to several groups in the fungi Kingdom, most commonly the phyla Basidiomycota or Agaricomycetes of the subkingdom Dikarya. The class Basidiomycetes contain the mushroom group commonly called "club fungi." The class Ascomycetes are the "sac fungi." The characteristics of these groups that are traditionally associated with mushrooms and toadstools is a fruiting body with a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills or pores. Similar organisms called mushrooms that don't look like traditional mushrooms and toadstools have names, like puffball, stinkhorn, and morel.