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Is shiitake mushroom a plant or a microorganism?

Shiitake mushrooms are microorganisms, not plants.

In biological classification, Lentinus edodes is divided into Kingdom Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Agaricales, Phytophthora family, and Lentinus genus. It is a type of large fungus. The mushrooms we usually eat are just their reproductive organs, called fruiting bodies. Its vegetative organs, like those of other fungi, are tiny filaments.

Like other large fungi, shiitake mushrooms do not have chlorophyll in their bodies, so they are not plants.