Quiz: Do you know your fungi?

A mushroom is not a mush, nor is it a room. It is a fungus.

A toadstool is not a toad, and it is not a stool. It is a fungus.

And as Matt Groening informed us in his wonderful book School Is Hell (he knew: he went to the same school that I did), a fish stick is not a fish, nor is it a stick. It is a fungus.

Now, in the spirit of the quizzes that once appeared on the Brunching Shuttlecocks, we here present a list of twenty things that may or may not be fungi. Can you sort them out?


Evil Mad Scientist Quiz: Is it a fungus?

1: Pepper Pot
Fungus
Not a fungus

2: Indian Pipe
Fungus
Not a fungus

3: Candy Cap
Fungus
Not a fungus

4: Death Cap
Fungus
Not a fungus

5. Grape Nut
Fungus
Not a fungus

6. Wood Hedgehog
Fungus
Not a fungus

7. White Lion
Fungus
Not a fungus

8. Candy Button
Fungus
Not a fungus

9. Crimson Glory
Fungus
Not a fungus

10. Destroying Angel
Fungus
Not a fungus

11. Morbid Angel
Fungus
Not a fungus

12. Wood Ear
Fungus
Not a fungus

13. Slime Mold
Fungus
Not a fungus

14. Long-eared Hedgehog
Fungus
Not a fungus

15. Athlete’s Foot
Fungus
Not a fungus

16. Death Cab
Fungus
Not a fungus

17. Eyelash Cup
Fungus
Not a fungus

18. Turkey Tail
Fungus
Not a fungus

19. Egg Cup
Fungus
Not a fungus

20. Orange Goblin
Fungus
Not a fungus


5 thoughts on “Quiz: Do you know your fungi?

  1. After 5 years it’s clearly not worth fixing the form, but could you post the answers in the comments? Just out of bizarre interest.

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