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List of questions and answers to the Mushroom Sprite quiz.

Questions and Answers

Mushrooms aren’t plants. What are they?
Fungi

True or False: Mushroom have two sexes, male and female.
False

Which of the following mushroom could you eat in real life?
Lobster Mushroom

About how many different species of mushroom are found in Japan alone?
About 5000

In the story, Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, who sits atop a mushroom smoking a hookah?
The Caterpillar

Which of the following mushrooms glow?
Moonlight mushroom

Which of the following mushroom are poisonous?
Fly Agaric

What is the nickname given to Amanita Verosa, the elegant, lily-white mushroom that contains a deadly poison?
Destroying angel

What is another name for the mushroom sometimes called strawberries and cream or devil’s tooth, known for it’s grotesque appearance?
Bleeding tooth

Which of the following is the name of a real mushroom?
Scaly Knight

Which mushroom will make you sick if you eat it while drinking alcohol?
Inky Cap mushroom

The largest known specimen of honey mushroom, discovered in Oregon, America, is approximately how large?
About 2400 acres

Which is the most cultivated mushroom in the world?
Wood Ear mushroom

You’re a fungi newbie, but you want to figure out if a mushroom is poisonous! What do you do?
Hit the books—you can’t judge by looks alone.

What should you keep in mind when storing mushrooms in the fridge?
Keep the caps upside down (I can’t find any sources confirming the validity of this claim)

What is the name of the god said to have punished humanity with the crop-devouring fungal disease, wheat rust?
Robigus

Here’s a freebie! Complete this sentence: Mushrooms are: (All options appear to be correct)
…gifts that keep on giving.

Here’s a freebie! What is your favorite food?
Mushrooms

There’s an unexpected way of encouraging mushroom growth! What is it?
Shock them.

في 2007 a giant white truffle was discovered in Italy and it’s auction price was all over the news. How much did it sell for?
US $330 000

Shiitake is a Japanese word. What is the “Shii” in shiitake derived form?
A species of Evergreen tree

What does candy cap mushroom smell like?
Curry

Which mycorrhizal fungus has been successfully artificially cultivated as of 2020?
Shimeji mushroom

Which of the following is the name of a slightly creepy mushroom that grows on insects?
Caterpillar fungus (I believe this is more commonly known as Cordyceps)

Which country produces the most mushrooms in the world?
الصين

Why are mushrooms shaped the way they are?
To help spread spores far and wide

Which mushroom is known to have been a favorite of Roman emperors?
Caesar’s mushroom

What is the name of the process in which mushrooms are cultivated called?
Fungiculture

Why are female boars used to hunt for truffles?
They smell like male boars

What do you call mushrooms that grow in a circular formation?
Fairy rings