The word mushroom is likely derived from the French word 'mousse' meaning 'moss'.

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900 million to 1 billion years ago 300 to 200 BC. 200 AD. 600 1600-1699 1865

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Fungi eukaryotes, nucleuses found in their cells are found in both animals and plants.
The Egyptians viewed mushrooms to be plants of immortality and supernatural.
The world's oldest fossil fungus found lived about 1 billion years ago.
The most cultivated mushroom worldwide is Aqaricus bisporus.