Multiple choice

Edible mushrooms are thick and soft fruit bodies of macrofungi. Which among the following mushrooms is edible?

  1. Blackening waxcap

  2. White saddle

  3. False morel

  4. Funeral bell

  5. Beefsteak fungus
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The Beefsteak fungus is large, dark red and slimy on top, and pale yellow underneath. Its flesh resembles a raw steak (hence the common name) and, when the fungus is young, oozes red droplets that look like blood. It is edible.

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