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Life Cycle of a Mushroom

Most mushrooms undergo a complex reproductive cycle in which they produce reproductive spores that undergo sexual reproduction under proper environmental conditions. Mushrooms belong to the phylum Basidiomycetes, named for the tiny, club-shaped structures called basidia that these fungi use to produce spores. The basidia line the undersides of a mushroom cap on thin gills that radiate from the mushroom's center.
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