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Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

Example: Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

To grow quickly to a large size.

Example: The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.

To gather mushrooms.

Example: We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend.

To form the shape of a mushroom.

Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

Example: mushroom cloud