How do you use the word "mushroom" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "mushroom": This mushroom is not good to eat. "Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

Mushroom Meaning

/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

nounA fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Sentence Examples

This mushroom is not good to eat.

"Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

Tom had lamb chops, potatoes and mushroom soup for dinner.

CEFR Practice Quiz

After the heavy rain, a large ____ grew under the old rotting log.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The chef added some sliced white ____ to the creamy pasta sauce to give it a rich, earthy flavor that everyone in the restaurant would enjoy.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English muscheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise ("moss"; whence also French mousse), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosu (“moss”) or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mosa (“moor, swamp”), Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English mēos (“moss”), Old English mōs (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *musą, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin. See Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Doublet of moss and mousse.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 159:

"upstarts […]call in reproach mushrooms" — 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

"The craze [hula hoops] began in the U.S.A., and in October the boom crossed the Atlantic and 40 firms sprang into being, some being overnight mushrooms." — 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 129:

"In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity." — 2009, Zhang Yulin, “China's War on its Environment and Farmers' Rights: A Study of Shanxi Province”, in Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives, University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 166:

"The world's population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, a super-elite with assets of at least $30m, has now mushroomed beyond 250,000 people, all in need of somewhere to store their wealth." — 2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2020:

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