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Hi, the purpose of this video is to talk about some structures in a fungal body, specifically the part of a fungus, like a mushroom or maybe a puffball, the part you can see above the ground.
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In my image here, this is a picture of a mushroom kind of tipped over on its side.
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So we're looking at the picture to the left here.
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And you can see several different structures we're going to talk about.
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In the short answer, why is this structure above the ground? what is the purpose of this top? part of the mushroom.
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And a short answer, it's reproduction.
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So the cap of a mushroom, the cap of a mushroom is this structure right here.
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And again, we're kind of looking from the bottom.
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And you can see all those, looks like lines under there.
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All those lines are called right in here and around the edge are called gills.
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Okay, they kind of resemble the gills of a fish...