2. How long to they take to grow?
 

3. Do fungi grow everywhere in the world?
 

4. How many different kinds of mushrooms are there in the world? How many have scientific names?

5. How big can some mushrooms grow?

6. Can you eat the mushrooms in your backyard or the ones that grow on your lawn?
 
 

7. How do mushrooms poison people and animals?
 
 

8. Do they grow in groups? What are fairy rings?
 

9. What makes an inky cap inky?
 

10. How do people grow the mushrooms that they sell in the supermarket?
 

11. What is the Poison Control Center?
 

12. In what seasons of the year can you find mushrooms?
 

13. What kinds of weather conditions are best for growing mushrooms?
 

14. What is mycology? a mycologist?
 
 

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