A mushroom is an aboveground reproductive structure that is connected to a network of threadlike filaments called mycelium. The mycelium is responsible for obtaining most of the nutrients for the fungal organism. Mushrooms are not an independent stage in the fungal life cycle, nor are they composed of mycorrhizae, which are actually associations between fungi and the roots of plants.

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A Mushroom Is

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A mushroom is

A) composed of many threadlike filaments called mycorrhizae.
B) specialized to obtain most of the nutrients for the fungal mycelium.
C) an independent stage in the alternation of generations of the fungal life cycle.
D) an aboveground reproductive structure connected to a mycelium.

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