Some mushrooms can affect your health, for example by causing infections, allergies or toxins.
Mushrooms, or fungi, are a group of organisms on their own, such as plants, animals or bacteria. This generic term includes yeasts, molds and macro-mushrooms that produce structures visible to the naked eye.
Fungi have their own cellular structures, physiology and evolutionary history. Unlike plants that practice photosynthesis, fungi are heterotrophic organisms that need a source of organic matter to feed themselves.
