Question

do mushrooms need oxygen?

Answer 1

Answer:

NO! Mushrooms need to breath just like humans do, except they do not have lungs. Mushroom cells exchange gases directly with the atmosphere. ... No oxygen can be exchanged, anaerobic bacteria (bacteria which do not need oxygen to thrive) build up, and the mushroom is choked to death.

Answer 2

Mushrooms need to breath just like humans do, except they do not have lungs. Mushroom cells exchange gases directly with the atmosphere. No oxygen can be exchanged, anaerobic bacteria (bacteria which do not need oxygen to thrive) build up, and the mushroom is choked to death.

Fresh mushrooms respire: they take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide. But in a micro-environment that contains less oxygen than normal air, spoilage is slowed.