Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved mushrooms. Do you know where I should start if I wanted to pick my own mushrooms?
You will want to make sure you do not pick any poisonous ones! Mushrooms, or toadstools are fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting fungus.
Then why are the ones we typically eat on pizza and salads okay to eat? Is there a way to identify poisonous ones?
Identifying mushrooms requires a basic understanding of macroscopic structures. There are books that can show you the safe ones to eat.
What in the world are macroscopic structures? Is that what the mushrooms are made out of?
That is the physical properties of mushrooms. Mushrooms are made of spores that help the fungus spread across the ground.
Are these spores dangerous to people breathing them in?
No unless someone has allergies to mushrooms. The parts of the mushroom include the stem (stipe), cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae).