Is this an egg cracking? Nope -- it’s a mushroom! What do
you think it will look like when it “hatches”?
Hint: Some mushrooms can stain people’s hands, like this blue
mushroom. Does this give you any ideas about the sweater?
Mushrooms made the colors in the sweater! Mushrooms can
stain (dye) yarn and fabric almost all the colors of the rainbow!
Do you think that these are the same kind of mushroom?
Why or why not?
You can watch mushrooms grow in your own home or at school
with a kit like this. They’re even a kind of mushroom you can eat!
These lumpy mushrooms, called truffles, are delicious! Chefs love
them! But they grow underground and are VERY hard to find…
This man is trying to SMELL for truffles (they’re stinky), but people
don’t have a very good sense of smell! How can people find them?
Some mushrooms are SO strong that they can hold up a person!
What could you do with strong mushrooms? Think like an inventor!
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