Mushroom Compost

Brandi and Jaimee brought in a bucket of mushroom compost from the mushroom farm and we started to do some noticing, remembering, questioning and wondering!

All the mushrooms are white. Millie

Some mushrooms are poisonous and you shouldn’t eat them. Nathan

The mushrooms are on top of each other.  They are close. Jess

They are growing in mud. Aarohi

I wonder if they can be different colours. Caleb

They grow in my sandpit. Lachlan

They can be red with white spots or brown. Oskar

There is white stuff in the bucket.  I wonder if the mushrooms will grow there. Bruno

All mushrooms are different. Charlie

They grow in dirt.  The dirt is black and it is not dried up.

Mushrooms can be bigger than those.  They can be grey and different sizes.  They can be different colours.

I know that mushrooms start off as pince, they grow into buttons and then into cups and then into flats.  Jaimee

The skin on the mushroom has cracks on it. Tayla

Red mushrooms with white spots are poisonous.  Brown mushrooms you can eat.  Those little mushrooms in the bucket are growing on top of each other. Tilda

I know the white ones have dirt in them.  There is some white stuff with the dirt. Jack

The mushrooms are growing in compost.  James

Some mushrooms can be orange. Ranui

I counted 36 mushrooms in the bucket. Amy

The mushrooms are a circle shape. Tia

How big can mushrooms grow? Mrs Jarvis

Some mushrooms can grow as big as your hand. Oscar

They like the dark so they do lots of growing at night time. Jaimee.

Can you eat mushrooms raw? Tayla

How do you tell if a mushroom is poisonous. Mrs Jarvis