I am neither plant nor animal. I am the fruiting body of an organism that lives mostly underground. I can save lives as medicine or take them as poison. What am I?

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A Mushroom. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi — a kingdom separate from both plants and animals. The main organism is a network of underground threads called mycelium. Penicillin, the first antibiotic, came from a fungus. Other species are deadly poison.

"I am neither plant nor animal. I am the fruiting body of an organism that lives mostly underground. I can save lives as medicine or take them as poison. What am I?"

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