Mushroom

A mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.

Quotes



 * Down in a valley, by a forest side, Near where the crystal Thames rolls on her waves, I saw a mushroom stand in haughty pride, As if the lillies grew to be his slaves; The gentle daisy, with her silver crown, Worn in the breast of many a shepherd’s lass; The humble violet, that lowly down, Salutes the gay nymphs as they trimly pass; Those, with a many more, methought complain’d That Nature should those needless things produce, Which not alone the Sun from others gain’d, But turn it wholely to their proper use: I could not choose but grieve, that Nature made  Such glorious flowers to live in such a shade.
 * William Browne, "The Mushroom"


 * If you think about stories like Alice in Wonderland or other types of fairy tales, mushrooms always seem to have a kind of mysterious power.
 * Shigeru Miyamoto, quoted in Laura Sydell, "The Legendary Mr. Miyamoto, Father Of Mario And Donkey Kong", NPR (June 19, 2015)