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Mushrooms and molds are fungus.  A fungus is not a true plant.  It does not photosynthesize light into a food source.  The structures we see and call mushrooms are the reproductive parts of a fungus that lives underground or under bark.

 

 

 

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? Common Name **zf 7** Scientific Name

White fungus mats on dead log are about 1" wide.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native ?)

 

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