Romp Through the Mushrooms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Portobello Porcini Nameko

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

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? Trumpets of death Demon caps Devil's pipe Horns of hades