Mushroom (disambiguation)

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The noun mushroom may refer to one of the following:

• Mushroom, a fruiting body of fungi.
  • For mushrooms as a kind of food, see Edible mushroom.
  • For mushrooms as a hallucinogen, see Psychedelic mushroom.
• Mushroom Records, an Australian recording company.
• Super Mushroom, an item in Super Mario games.
• The Tellermine 43 anti-tank mine, called the Mushroom
• Mushroom is the performing name of Andrew Vowles, a founding member of British trip-hop collective Massive Attack
• Mushrooms - gang slang for unintended victims of shootings (see mushroom trivia).
• Mushroom Men an upcoming videogame.

The adjective mushroom refers to objects with a mushroom shape, such as:

• Mushroom cloud, a cloud produced by certain types of bombs.
• Mushroom anchor, a type of mushroom-shaped boat anchor for use on soft bottoms.

or in reference to mushroom-linked topics

• Mushroom cloth, used to clean mushrooms.
• Mushroom management, so called form of corporate management.

The verb mushroom refers to rapid growth or expansion, or an item taking the same of a mushroom, such as:

• The deformation of various expanding bullets, such as hollow point bullets and soft point bullets.