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Mushrooms are a common form of fungus. They grow all over the world in woods or grassy areas where there is plenty of moisture. Some kinds of mushroom are familiar foods, but others are poisonous. Sometimes the poisonous types are called toadstools.
The fruiting body only develops as part of the asexual phase of the fungal life cycle for spore production. To get more specific about the body parts of a mushroom, the fruiting body of the most common mushrooms have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae).