mushroom, n.Trivia

White mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, and portobello mushrooms are all the same mushroom but at different stages of growth.

There are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms

Over 70 species of mushrooms glow in the dark

A Mushroom Death Suit is a suit infused with mushroom spores that decompose the body environmentally after burial.

The red mushrooms featured in Nintendo's Mario games are based on a real species of a fungi called amanita muscaria. They're known for their hallucinogenic properties and can distort the size of perceived objects. This is also the same mushroom that is referenced in Alice in Wonderland.

In France, you can bring any mushrooms you've picked to a pharmacist and they will tell you if they're edible.

a mushroom called Laetiporus tastes like fried chicken.

Mushrooms are the largest organisms on the planet. One underground mushroom in Oregon is more than 3.5 miles across.