What Are Mushrooms

Usually considered vegetables, mushrooms are neither plants nor animals. They belong to a unique kingdom of fungi.

Unlike plants that make food using sunlight and animals that eat their food; fungi have a unique way of obtaining nutrition.

They have certain thread-like structures called mycelia; singular mycelium that grow into or around the food source and release digestive enzymes to break down food externally that is then absorbed by mycelia.

Read more to find out which mushrooms are out there!