KA’AETÉ • ENGLISH EXPEDITION
THE WORLD’S STRANGEST MUSHROOMS
Enter a world of fungi that bleed, glow, mimic alien forms and build hidden networks beneath our feet. This visual KA’AETÉ dossier is made for curious students, families and anyone fascinated by extraordinary fungi.
More than a mushroom
The fruiting body is only the visible part. Behind it can be an enormous network of fungal threads: mycelium. Fungi recycle dead material, interact with plants and help drive ecosystems.
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Fungi at three levels
Learn the difference between mushroom and fungus, and why fungi help recycle dead material.
Follow enzymes, mycelium, spores and decomposition through a forest-floor food web.
Explore saprotrophy, mycorrhiza, competition, carbon flow and why identification is not an edibility test.
Fungi, mushrooms & slime moulds
Not everything that looks like a fungus is one: Lycogala is a slime mould.
