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Life Cycle of Mushroom
Life Cycle of Mushroom
MUSHROOM
- ANUSHKA SHARMA
ABOUT MUSHROOM
The life cycle of a mushroom begins and ends through five stages of evolutionary
phases – beginning as a fungal spore (seeds) and completing its cycle as a mature
fruiting body – the part of a mushroom we all identify and know– that releases
new spores to create a new cycle all over again.
The mushroom life span varies between fungi species. One complete life cycle
could take one week or up to a month or more.
As each stage of a mushroom life cycle is completed, the division and creation of
the next generation of the fungal organism begins.
Basidia
The basidia is the
microscopic club-shaped
sporangium that are
located on the
hymenophore of the
fruiting bodies of
basidiomycete fungi.
BASIDIUM
The organ in the members of the
phylum Basidiomycota that bears
sexually reproduced bodies
called basidiospores. The
basidium serves as the site of
karyogamy and meiosis,
functions by which sex cells
fuse, exchange nuclear material,
and divide to reproduce
basidiospores.
BASIDIOSPORE
A basidiospore is a reproductive
spore produced by Basidiomycete
fungi, a grouping that includes
mushrooms, shelf fungi, rusts, and
smuts. Basidiospores typically each
contain one haploid nucleus that is
the product of meiosis, and they are
produced by specialized fungal cells
called basidia.
MYCELIUM
Mycelium is part of the fungi
kingdom and is the network of
threads, called hyphae, from which
mushrooms grow. Not all mycelia
fruit mushrooms, depending on the
environmental conditions, but all
mushrooms come from mycelia.
Mycelia are most prevalent in
fields, forests, and heavily wooded
areas.
BASIDIOCARP
A large sporophore, or
fruiting body, in which
sexually produced spores
are formed on the surface
of club-shaped structures
(basidia) is called
basidiocarp
IMPORTANCE OF MUSHROOM