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Experiment

How?How? How?

Fungi are all around us! You can grow them.
Here is how to grow fungi.

What We Need 1 Take a slice of bread and a piece of corn.

bread, corn, 2 Leave them out in the air for a while.
2 plates, cover
3 Then put them under a cover.

4 Each day for a week, lift the
cover. Look at them.

5 What happens to them?
Does anything grow on
them? What color is
it? Does it look soft
or fuzzy?

Draw Conclusion

Make a chart like the one below. Write the differences between the
fungi on the foods. What can you tell about the fungi you grow?

Bread Corn

Color
Shape

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