When we talk about fungi as food, we usually refer to the fruiting body, the spore-forming body of the fungus, which is typically visible on the surface of the substrate in which it grows. Like the mycelium, it is also composed of hyphae and can take many forms with different characteristic features that help us distinguish species.
Sources
Te-Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand – The Fungal fruiting body 
Natur & Kultur – Unusual Edible Mushrooms by Oliver Karlöf
April 2023, TÄNKOM | Revised February 2024 RETHINK
