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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キノコ.
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cognate with 丈(take), whereas 高い(takai) and/or 長ける(takeru)?”
Extension of 草片(kusabira, “edibleplant or green”), a compound of 草(kusa, “grass”) + 片(hira, “something flat”). According to one theory, the historical reading of this word was kusahira, without rendaku, but it's now exclusively pronounced as kusabira.