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Introduction to Mushroom

   In the ancient time the terms "mushroom" and "toadstool" were never precisely defined, nor was there accord on application. Between 1400 and 1600 AD, the provisos mushrom, mushrum, muscheron, mousheroms, mussheron, or musserouns were used. The term "mushroom" is derived from the French word mousseron in reference to moss (mousse). Description between edible and poisonous fungi is not clear-cut, so a "mushroom" may be edible, poisonous, or inedible. Cultural or social phobias of mushrooms and fungi may be related. The term "fungophobia" was coined by William Delisle Hay of England, who noted a national superstition or fear of "toadstools”. The word "toadstool" has obvious analogies in Dutch padde (n)stoel (toad-stool/chair, mushroom) and German Krötenschwamm (toad-fungus, alt. word for panther cap. In German folklore and old fairy tales, toads are often depicted sitting on toadstool mushrooms and catching, with their tongues, the flies that are said to be drawn to the Fliegenpilz, a German name for the toadstool, meaning "flies' mushroom". This is how the mushroom got another of its names, Krötenstuhl (a less-used German name for the mushroom), literally translating to "toad-stool".

Microbiology

Questions Rohit Shankar Mane (talk) 06:33, 29 October 2018 (UTC)