Mushrooms , Toadstools and the Yeast that is used to make bread are all differnt kinds of fungi. Although some fungi grow in the ground , they are not plants because they cannot make their own food. Fungi play a very important roll in nature. They break down dead plant and animal matter so that the base chemicals of which the dead plants and animals were made of can be used again.

Fungus Spores are every where. If they land where there is warmth and nutrients the fungi will develop and grow.

Mushrooms and Toadstools

Mushrooms and Toadstools are the fruiting bodies of various forms of fungi. The fruiting bodies usually form in autum but the fungi are in the soil the rest of the year. They grow in damp fields and dark woods and they do not need sunlight to grow.

Mushrooms and ToadStools

Mushrooms and ToadStools are the fruiting bodies of fungi. The fruiting bodies usually form in the fall but the fungi are in the ground the rest of the year. They grow in dark woods and damp fields and do not need sun light to grow.

The medicine Penicillin , is made from a fungus called Penicillium that grows on fruit. Penicillium gives off chemicals that kill bacteria. Other types of Penicillium are used to make various types of cheese.

Psilocybin mushooms are also called Psilocybian Mushrooms and they are a fungi that does contain psychedelic substances simular to LSD. They are often refered to as Shrooms or Magic Mushrooms.

Though Magic Mushrooms themselfs are not addictive they can have severe consequences when combined with alcholic beverages or marijuna. In 2006 there were 3443 cases of people going to the hospital to seek help after they had ingested magic mushrooms. Most were in Florida where the magic mushrooms grow in cow pastures.

Below are some videos where you can learn a lot of interesting infomation about Magic Mushrooms.

A Fairy Ring of Mushrooms occurs naturally in Nature and a lot of people think it is something mysterious while in all likelyhood it occurs completly naturally.

In Enlish and Irish folklore the Fairy Rings are said to be created by els or fairies. A lot of people especially in Ireland think that fairy rings are a door way into the land of the fairies and they won't let a child near a fairy ring for fear that the child will be taken by the fairies and made into a fairy.

Always remember that many toadstools and mushrooms are extremley poinsonous . Never pick or handle them what so ever unless you are 100 percent sure you know what you are doing.

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