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mushroom) Field, or meadow mushroom (Agaricus campestris). The edible field mushroom is one of about 60 species of Agaricus, a genus of gill fungi. The gills on the underside of the cap or pileus, contain the reproductive spore-bearing cells. Unlike plants, mushrooms (which are classified as part of the fungi kingdom) are not photosynthetic, but absorb food from the organic matter they live on or within. Agaricus bisporus, a close relative of the field mushroom, is the most widely commercially-cultivated mushroom. Fruiting body of certain fungi (see fungus), consisting of an upright stem and a spore-producing cap with radiating gills on the undersurface. There are many edible species belonging to the genus Agaricus, including the field mushroom (A. campestris). See also toadstool. |
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Under the shade of a wild rose sat the Queen and her little Maids of Honor, beside the silvery mushroom where the feast was spread. It was the custom of the boys to stop it with a mushroom when enemies were in the neighbourhood. There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it. |
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