November 2026 edition

Mushrooms and Fungi quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
What do we call a fungus's network of hidden threads?
ARhizome
BTaproot
CMycelium
DTendril
104 pts+10

How well do you really know mushrooms and fungi? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from toadstools and truffles to fungi that glow in the dark.

Mushrooms · November 2026 edition

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Q5 / 50Opener
Which famous antibiotic comes from a mold?
AAspirin
BInsulin
CPenicillin
DIbuprofen

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerButton mushrooms, pizza and toadstools
2EasyYeast, bread and blue cheese
3TrickyPenicillin, truffles and fairy rings
4HardMycorrhizal networks, spores and chitin
5BrutalDeath caps, Cordyceps and honey fungus
Mushrooms titlesout of 500
King bolete50 / 50
Mycology professor350+
Mycologist275+
Basket full200+
Keen forager100+
Weekend wanderer1+
Empty basket0

44 of 50 right · six short of King bolete

You vs Katie BMushrooms · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which fungus makes bread dough rise?
Truffle
Morel
Yeast✓GBKB
Puffball

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which famous antibiotic comes from a mold? Clock's ticking.

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Easy pickings first, then deep woods.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

Forage for a title.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Empty basket if you score nothing, King bolete if you get every question right.

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