Champignon vs. Mushroom — What's the Difference?

Cultivated edible fungus.

Edible variety of fungi.

French term for mushroom.

Umbrella-shaped fruiting body.

Common in European dishes.

Used for culinary or medicinal purposes.

Agaricus bisporus species.

A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing.

A white button mushroom.

Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, especially one consisting of a stalk with an umbrella-shaped cap.

An edible mushroom, especially the much cultivated species Agaricus bisporus.

Any of such fungi that are edible, especially the widely cultivated species Agaricus bisporus, which includes the button, cremini, and portobello mushrooms.

Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.

The usually aboveground fruiting body of any of such fungi.

(obsolete) Any mushroom.

One of these fruiting bodies that produce hallucinations when ingested. Also called magic mushroom.

An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

Something shaped like one of these fungi.

To multiply, grow, or expand rapidly

To swell or spread out into a shape similar to a mushroom.

To collect wild mushrooms.

Relating to, consisting of, or containing mushrooms

Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth or evanescence

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

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

(architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

(figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

Ellipsis of mushroom cloud

Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

To grow quickly to a large size.

To gather mushrooms.

To form the shape of a mushroom.

To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.

An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.

Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.

To grow or expand rapidly.

To grow so much and so rapidly as to change qualitatively; used with into; as, a minor border skirmish mushroomed into a full-blown war.

Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

Pick or gather mushrooms;

Grow and spread fast;

A fungal organism with a stem and cap.

Can be wild or cultivated.

No, they do not require sunlight and can grow in the dark.

They are cultivated.

No, only those known to be edible; some are poisonous.

Yes, it specifically refers to the white button variety.

Yes, they are a popular meat substitute in vegan dishes.

Yes, it refers to all varieties, including those that are toxic.

No, they belong to the fungi kingdom.

No, they reproduce with spores.

While they can grow wild, the ones in stores are usually farmed.

Yes, they are cultivated and available throughout the year.

Typically, it refers to the common white button mushroom.

It is used, but it's less common than the word mushroom.

Truffles are a type of fungus but not categorized as mushrooms.

Yes, with proper kits and conditions, they can be home-grown.

Yes, they are low in calories and contain various nutrients.