Among the thousand genera of available fungi, only a handful of them can be cultivated as edible mushrooms. But before that, let us first learn wha mushrooms actually are? In simplistic terms, mushrooms are multi-cellular fungi. For a biologist, they actually are soft, fleshy extension of hyphae or mycelia appearing above the ground.
![]() White button |
![]() Bolete (porcini) |
![]() Enoki mushroom |
![]() Maitake |
![]() Morels |
![]() Oyster mushroom |
![]() Shiitake |
![]() Truffles |
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