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Fungi Farm
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It’s such fun being your fan-trail guide. Every time I fly along the trail with urban explorers like you, I see something new and different. Maybe a tree that’s been planted. Or an insect I haven’t seen before. A native butterfly or a tūna eel in the river.
What have you seen along the Green Spine trail?
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Here, at the Fungi Farm, I’ll skip the dad jokes about him being the ‘Fun Guy’. (You can groan!). These fungi are way cooler than any dad, in my opinion!!
Quiz question: Are fungi plants or animals? Trick question! They are neither. They are a separate category all of their own. In fact, they are actually more closely related to animals than plants. Weird!
Fungi are really ancient, too. My bird ancestors were around 150 million years ago. Fungi, on the other hand (or, in my case, on the other foot or anisodactyl) have been on planet Earth for a billion years. 1,000,000,000 years. That’s a lot of zeroes!
Fungi can also be HUGE! They are the world’s largest living organisms. What you see above ground (say, a toadstool cap) is only the fruiting part; most fungi exist underground as networks of threads called mycelia. They help break down dead plant material and help transport food and water to plants. Impressive!
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Many species of fungi were traditionally used in rongoā (Māori medicinal use of plants). Traditionally, a particular one was used for making tattoo ink for tā moko.
So, please respect mushroom and toadstools. No kicking them allowed! And, if you look close enough in the Riverlution Fungi Farm and elsewhere, you might discover a new species. More than 7,000 of New Zealand’s 22,000 types of fungi have yet to be documented.
You might get one named after you!
Next steps
Next steps:
Fungi Whānau Events (1st Sunday of month, Feb to Nov). Hands-on workshops and activities.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1A86GeqXTS/https://www.facebook.com/events