| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What mushrooms produce instead of seeds | spore | 96%
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| A single-celled fungus used to make bread rise, and to produce alcohol | yeast | 96%
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| Pigs and dogs help us find these delicacies. | truffle | 93%
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| Antibiotic discovered by Andrew Fleming, which is produced by a fungus | penicillin | 91%
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| The study of fungi | mycology | 81%
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| Condition caused by fungus between the toes | athlete's foot | 75%
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| The top of a mushroom | cap | 69%
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| Edible mushroom native to East Asia, with a Japanese name | shiitake | 67%
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| Important in this process, the breaking down of organic matter | decomposition | 66%
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| Two-word term for mushrooms that grow in a circle | fairy ring | 63%
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| The fruit of some fungi | mushroom | 63%
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| Another name for mushroom, especially a poisonous one | toadstool | 63%
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| Stachybotrys chartarum, which contaminates flooded homes | black mold | 51%
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| The web of small threads mushrooms grow from | mycelium | 51%
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| U.S. state where the world's largest known organism, a fungus, is found | Oregon | 49%
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| A partnership between algae and fungi, which can be hundreds of years old | lichen | 48%
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| Large, mature form of the button mushroom that is often grilled | portobello | 48%
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| Fungus that can be parasitic, infecting insects (or humans in The Last of Us) | cordyceps | 42%
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| Structures inside the top, used for the dispersal of... | gills | 40%
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| Species of red-and-white toadstool from folklore and fairy tales | amanita {muscaria} | 37%
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| Amanita phalloides, a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus | death cap | 36%
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| A fungal infection of the skin (aka Dermatophytosis) | ringworm | 31%
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| Toxic fungus that grows on rye; has been linked to historical mass hysteria events | ergot | 30%
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| Edible fungus with a honeycomb appearance | morel | 27%
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