Question

Compare a longitudinal section of a mushroom in the cap stage with a more mature, open mushroom. How do they differ? What happens during mushroom growth?

Answer 1

The stages of growth in mushrooms ,

Like a disappearing act in a magic show, mushroom seems to emerge from the ground overnight and just disappear quickly. However, from spores, mushroom passes through five or more stages before becoming the fruiting bodies morel hunters harvest and consume. The moral mushrooms that produced in the spring are actually only the fruit of the fungus. Underground a root system, referred to as a mycelium, grows year-round waiting for the exact conditions necessary to produce fruit. Spores of the morel mushroom germinate and become mycelium under the surface of the soil . mycelium develops sclerotium that helps the fungus survive harsh weather conditions in the winter. Under the most suitable growing conditions, sclerotium develops into fruiting bodies.. If suitable conditions to not exist , the sclerotium forms into a new , secondary mycelium to wait until the next spring for another chance at developing into a mushroom.