can mushrooms grow without sunlight?

Question

can mushrooms grow without sunlight

Answer 1

Yes. Mushrooms belong to the group of plants called fungi. They get the food they need directly from decaying matter. Green plants, on the other hand, need sunlight to convert nutrients in the soil into food that their cells can use. To do this, green plants have chlorophyll in their leaves. That's also why mushrooms are not green.

Answer 2

Well....NO!!!!

They depend ultimately on decaying plant life, and I can't think of a single plant (on the surface of the earth--there are some in the deep parts of the ocean near the volcanic 'smokers') that can grow without sunlight. (Please, let's neglect artificial lighting).

No sunlight, no plants--no decaying plant material (or manure)--no mushrooms. Sorry, other answerers, but I took the question more broadly.

Incidentally, what we see as a mushroom is actually the fruiting body of a much larger organism that lives beneath the surface. The total area of a mushroom organism can be very large, but we only usually see a very small and tasty part.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Some of these questions can be answered with a little research.
This question could be answered in two minutes if you look up mushrooms instead of hoping someone from Answers does the work for you.
But the answer is yes!
My god...
Mushrooms are not a plant they are a fungus.
I wish people answering would have a clue before they answer.
This is how rumor and misinformation gets passed on.

Answer 5

Producing mushrooms is not like raising your usual garden vegetables. But then, mushrooms aren't vegetables. Mushrooms are fungi and do not contain chlorophyll, so while that means they don't need sunlight, it also means that they depend on an especially nutritious growing medium.

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Answer 6

Most of them can. Since they're absorbing nutrients from what they're growing in and on, they aren't photosynthetic and so don't need sunlight. Most commercial mushrooms are grown in caves and bunkers.

Answer 7

I prefer both fruits and fruit and vegetables better, regardless how they look and taste. You desire a little of both.

Answer 8

If perhaps it's a fruit they have seeds, otherwise it's a vegetable. And vegetables are usually grown in the ground while fruits are grown in trees.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Some species can, some cannot, and others will change their structure to grow without sunlight, they can be eukaryote with sunlight and prokaryote without.