Mushrooms and Toadstools

Synopsis:

Mushrooms and Toadstools provides information about where and how mushrooms and toadstools grow. It explains what benefits these fungi provide for plants and also warns about the dangers some fungi pose to people.

Curriculum link:

Science Curriculum links Australia • BS (ACSSU017) Living things have a variety of external features. • BS (ACSSU211) Living things live in different places where their needs are met. New Zealand • LW: All living things have certain requirements so they

Key Concepts:

Mushrooms and toadstools get food from the soil or from plants, They are fungi not plants. Mushrooms and toadstool need plants to get their food and they enrich the soil.

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Supporting Materials:

Lesson Plan - Mushrooms and Toadstools