Fungus vs. Mushroom

Fungusnoun

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

Fungusnoun

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, - the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. See fungi.

Fungusnoun

A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.

Fungusnoun

a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, those being Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.

Mushroomnoun

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

Mushroomnoun

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Mushroomnoun

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

Mushroomnoun

Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

Mushroomnoun

(architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.

Mushroomnoun

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Mushroomnoun

(figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

Mushroomadjective

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

Mushroomverb

(intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.

Mushroomverb

To gather mushrooms.

Mushroomverb

To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.

Mushroomnoun

An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.

Mushroomnoun

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Mushroomadjective

Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.

Mushroomadjective

Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.

Mushroomverb

to grow or expand rapidly.

Mushroomverb

to grow so much and so rapidly as to change qualitatively; used with into; as, a minor border skirmish mushroomed into a full-blown war.

Mushroomnoun

common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

Mushroomnoun

any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

Mushroomnoun

a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Mushroomnoun

fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

Mushroomverb

pick or gather mushrooms;

Mushroomverb

grow and spread fast;

Mushroom

A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. The standard for the name is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing.