The mushroom is not the organism
A mushroom is a spore-bearing fruiting body. Most of the fungus is a mycelium you never see, and many fungi never make a mushroom at all.
Topic
anatomy
Essays in Mycopsyco tagged “anatomy”.
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Spores are not seeds
A spore is a reproductive cell, not a miniature mushroom with a packed lunch. Why the plant analogy misleads field guides, kits, and headlines.