Mushrooms

MUSHROOMS are the fruiting bodies of fungi, primitive plants that reproduce by spores and obtain nutrients from a root-like mycelium (a threadlike vegetative part of the plant). Many mushrooms have the familiar gills and rounded top, but they come in a wide array of shapes and colours and in both edible and poisonous varieties.

Cultivated mushrooms are BC's most valuable vegetable cash crop and the second most valuable edible product after apples. The annual value of production in 2002 was $74.8...

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