1º_ Organism that is fixed as a parasite, or feeds on decomposing matter or by symbiosis. Although it bears some resemblance to a vegetable, it reproduces by spores and lacks chlorophyll. It has different shapes, and a classic one is that of mushroom, such as hat or umbrella. From the Latin fungus, i with the same meaning. 2º_ Precisely because of the shape of the mushroom, the bowler hat is called 'mushroom'; and also to the characteristic smoke that a nuclear explosion creates.
