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
mycelium
Essays in Mycopsyco tagged “mycelium”.
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What spawn is
Spawn is living mycelium on a carrier — often grain — used to inoculate a larger substrate. It is not a seed, and it is the quiet middle chapter of cultivation.