BIOLOGY
JAMB 2003 - Question 7
Biology 2003 JAMB Past Questions - Question 7: The umbrella-shaped fruiting body of a fully developed mushroom is the
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Explanation
Mushroom is composed of an interwoven mass of hyphae called mycelium growing on a substrate. It bears fruiting body above the substrate. The fruiting body is composed of a foot, stipe, or stalk which bears an umbrella shaped pileus! The pileus bears gills at the under surface. Each gill has a hypha which terminates as basidium that bears spores.

