Question

club fungi
mushrooms are the most familiar club fungi. other club fungi include bracket fungi, smuts, rusts, and puffballs. bracket fungi grow on wood and form small shelves or brackets. smuts and rusts are common plant parasites that can attack corn and wheat.
bracket fungi look like shelves or brackets. the underside of the bracket contains spores.
club fungi reproduce sexually. they grow special hyphae that form clublike structures called basidia (sin - gular, basidium). sexual spores develop on the basidia. the spore - producing part of the organism is the only part of a mushroom that is above the ground. most of the organism is underground.
the most familiar mushrooms are called gill fungi. the basidia of these mushrooms develop in structures called gills, under the mushroom cap. some gill fungi are the edible mushrooms sold in supermarket. however, other gill fungi are extremely poisonous.
reading check

1. identify what part of a mushroom grows above the ground?

say it
investigate use your schools media center to research a bracket, rust, or smut club fungus. learn about where the fungus lives and how it gets nutrients. describe this fungus to your class.

Explanation:

The text states that the spore - producing part of a mushroom is the only part above the ground.

Answer:

The spore - producing part.