Fans of Super Mario play with them. Doctors examine them. Chefs all over the globe cook using them. They show up overnight, vanish quickly and do not leave any evidence of their visits. Students of this world are called mycologists and currently, the mycobacterium is being studied as a potential therapy for treating cancer post-traumatic stress disorder, and other psychological disorders.

Mushrooms, sometimes called toadstools, are fleshy bodies of fungus that grow above ground on…