TOADSTOOLS!

Mrs Hack gave us some toadstools. Mrs Short thinks they came from Mrs McMurray's house because she has seen some there before. There were two. One was big and the second one was small.It starts off like a little ball. As it grows on it's long white stalk it slowly opens up like a plate. The plate is covered with white spots like the measles. It's very poisonous and it is bright reddy orange to tell us. Underneath the plate it looks like pieces of paper they are called gills. The spores drop down from the gills into the ground and another toadstool grows again. They were amazing. We watched a video showing how the toadstool grows. They looked fantastic seeing them grow in time lapse photography.             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPCFV46HDs