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Romp Through the Mushrooms

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Fruit and Vegetables : Romp Through the Mushrooms
"If you love mushrooms as much as I, this quiz should be a mouth-watering pleasure. Do you care for your mushrooms sauteed, stir-fried or just plain raw? Perhaps you love a good Ragout or prefer a lovely Duxelles? Regardless...have fun and happy eating!"


1. The white mushrooms that you find in every local supermarket are best known by what common term?
    Button
    Spoon
    Doorknob
    Hump


2. There are quite a number of Japanese varieties of mushrooms. Which of these is not one of them?
    Shimezu
    Enoki
    Shiitake
    Matsutake


3. Also known as Bolete or Cepe, these rather large, thick-stalked mushrooms have reddish caps. They are more commonly known by what name?
    Maitake
    Cremini
    Porcini
    Koumou


4. Wood ear mushrooms, which have an interesting woodsy taste, are also referred to as which of the following?
    Bat ear
    Mountain ear
    Pine ear
    Cloud ear


5. Some mushrooms are named after sea creatures. Which set of two below are representative names for both sea creatures and mushrooms?
    Clam and Crayfish
    Mollusk and Salmon
    Tuna and Seahorse
    Oyster and Lobster


6. Underneath the caps of many common mushrooms is a delicate dark tissue-like substance. What is this substance called, plurally?
    Scales
    Fans
    Gills
    Lace


7. Creminis are delicious little brown mushrooms. Some creminis are cultivated to very generous sizes (up to 6 inches) and are then called by which term?
    Morel
    Nameko
    Porcini
    Portobello


8. Chanterelle mushrooms appear as small golden or orange brown miniature trumpets. These slender-stemmed mushrooms are also known by which name?
    Champignon
    French horn
    Girolle
    Italian brown


9. Which mushroom can be described as having a small, dark conical cap with a honeycombed surface?
    Straw
    Morel
    Shimeji
    Pleurottes


10. Black trumpet mushrooms, related to the chanterelle, are also known by which fearsome name?
    Horns of hades
    Devil's pipe
    Trumpets of death
    Demon caps


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