Single Choice

Edible part in mushrooms is

ABasidiospores
BMycelium
CPseudomycelium
DComplete basidiocarp
Correct Answer

Solution

Mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing and fruiting body of a fungus of the order Agaricales and is found above the ground. Thus the edible part of the mushroom is the spore-bearing body of the Basidiomycetes which is the basidiocarp.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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