MUSHROOMS TOADSTOOTLY, AND OTHER FUNGI.

Champignon mushrooms
grow in a ring in meadows
and in gardens. Many people
used to believe these were magic
fairy rings.

BRIGHTLY COLORED- TOADSTOOLS, DELICATE MUSHROOMS AND THE FURRY GREEN MOLD ON A ROTTING PIECE OF BREAD ALL BELONG TO A UNIQUE GROUP OF ORGANISMS CALLED TUNGI.
FUNGI ARE NEITHER PLANTS NOR ANIMALS. THERE ARE THE GREAT DECOMPOSERS OF THE PLANTS NOR ANIMALS. THEY ARE THE GREAT DECOMPOSERS  OF THE NATURAL WORLD. FUNGI FEED BY RELEASING CHEMICALS CALLED ENZYMES WHICH ROT AWAY WHATEVER THEY ARE FEEDING ON. THE DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS
AND MINERALS ARE ABSORBED AND RECYCLED BY THE FUNGI.MANY KINDS OF FUNGI GROW IN DAMP WOODLLANDS AND LUSH,GRASSY MEADOWS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FALL. THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS,BUT TOADSTOOLS ARE OFTEN MORE COLORFUL, AND SOME ARE EXTREMELY POISONOUS. THE PART OF A MUSHROOM THAT WE EAT TS CALLED THE CAP.