So just read a children's book that's from my grandma and it said mushroom is a fruit. But after just quick Google search, it is quite the mixed bag. So can y'all tell me if this is accurate or no?
Here’s my hot take: A mushroom is not a fruit, but it is the fruiting body of a fungus (that lives in a substrate e.g. log).
I’m guessing that’s where this came from? But no fungus ≠ fruit because it does not come from the flower of a plant.
MonkeyMan2104
Fungi are not plants period. They are close related to animals than plants. What it is referring to is that the mushroom is the reproductive organ of a fungi, where the mycelium is the main body which is in the wherever the fungi has colonized (I.e soil, wood, etc.). This information was well known in 1997, so I don’t know why the hell they published that.
brayradberry
I like to think of them as temporary penises ejaculating spore. It’s just as accurate if not more than the fruit analogy.
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Not a plant – this should really be in r/mycology
It’s a fruiting body I guess?
Here’s my hot take: A mushroom is not a fruit, but it is the fruiting body of a fungus (that lives in a substrate e.g. log).
I’m guessing that’s where this came from? But no fungus ≠ fruit because it does not come from the flower of a plant.
Fungi are not plants period. They are close related to animals than plants. What it is referring to is that the mushroom is the reproductive organ of a fungi, where the mycelium is the main body which is in the wherever the fungi has colonized (I.e soil, wood, etc.). This information was well known in 1997, so I don’t know why the hell they published that.
I like to think of them as temporary penises ejaculating spore. It’s just as accurate if not more than the fruit analogy.