The True Kingdom of Fungi

Daddy brought a box of mushroom as a year end project for the kids at home. Plant mushroom at home? We all like the idea! What a mushroom flavor at home!

 

We always read in the science book, it said "Mushrooms are unique. They are neither animal or plant." Interesting!

 

Some people still consider mushroom as plants for various reasons, but what the differ from plants are, mushrooms are lack of green chlorophyll that plants use to manufacture their own food and energy. For this reason they are placed in a Kingdom of their own," The Kingdom of Fungi". The fruit of the fungal organism that produces the "MUSHROOM".

 

Unfortunately, mushrooms are very delicate things, they do not last, some have a life span of less than a day others may survive one week, and a group of tougher mushrooms may last months but they have a tough woody texture. What about the fungi we plant at home? How long will it last? According to the instruction in Japanese. It kind of we can harvest for 3 times and it must be done before March! Before the weather turn warmer. I hope we understand the Japanese instruction correctly. Should it be eaten? We are thinking of how to settle it.

 

Read in somewhere, mushroom grow rapidly in Autumn and Winter. These day, the nights are getting longer. Sunset at 4.15pm and the weather is so cold in the late autumn. The deep layer of autumn leaves, make the grond be yellowish, be red and be brown. Hence, its go with the purpuse of fungi grow rapid during Autumn and Winter. Cold weather and lot of food to feed the little fungi. What a "magical way of recyclers in the nature" happened for the 4 season. Those little fungi break down wood and humus back into their original componets.

 

 

 

 

 

According to the earlier date, we expect to have the mushroom harvest one day before the christmas is here.

 

Ethan : "Mummy! see, they mushroom grow up already!"

Mummy : "Where? Let me see!"

Ethan : "See... See.. it grow up already!".... and Ethan laugh!

 

 

10 days later!

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Ethan : "Ha! I hear the mushroom said they are growing up!"

 

 A mushroom flavor is a mushroom flavor. What a happy mushroom grow at home. May the love and joy of the mushroom grow in the little heart of EEE. Be it the magical recyclers of Faith, Hope and Love from God, brighten your life.

 

~12-12-2012~