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The term 'toadstool' generally denotes a mushroom that is poisonous to humans.

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus.

The cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is the standard for the name 'mushroom'.

<p>A typical mushroom has a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae) on the underside of the cap.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The gills of a mushroom produce microscopic spores which help the fungus spread.</p> Signup and view all the answers