The name 'mushroom'

[Vix134]

Where did mushrooms get their name from?! It's peculiar....peculiar, I say....*narrows eyes in thought* Ta! :) xx

[ravenhair]

Well . . . it's all a bit vague, but what is known for sure is that the English word comes from the Old French word mousseron (still used in modern French to refer to a type of wild mushroom), which in turn comes from the Latin mussirio.

[boognish76]

It's because of the way they grow all clumped close together. This means you can grow them in really small spaces where there's not 'mushroom' for anything else. I thank you.