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(a) The umbrella-like white structures a...

(a) The umbrella-like white structures are generally available in packets for sale in vegetable markets with the onset of winter season. What are these structures called? To which group these belong?
(b) Are all such type of structures, which you read in your biology book, edible? Name common edible forms
(c) What is its nutrient value?

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(a) Mushroom ; Fungi
(b) No ; All species of musrhrooms are not edible as some of these species are highly poisonous. Garicus compestris is a common edible, mushroom
(c) Mshroom are rich in minerals, vitamins etc
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