mushroom cap
Toadstool's umbrella part
The mushroom cap is the rounded top portion of a mushroom, the part that opens like an umbrella above the stem.
It's the most recognizable and typically edible part: Slice the mushroom caps and sauté them in butter.
Cap size and shape help identify mushroom species—some flat, some domed, some with distinctive gills underneath.
- pileusMushroom's top structure
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- spore printFungal identification deposit
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
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