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Fungi
Hazel gloves
A Bracket fungus
Dark purple Leptonia
Violaceous fairy club
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Please photocopy these cards to use for the Activity: “Biodiversity Links”
and as a game for a simple food chain
Diagram of a fungus showing the fruiting body, thread like microscopic
branches called hyphae, gills and spores - can you add labels?
See “Fungi” factsheet for activity details
(See the Fungi factsheet for the answers)
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KEY TO BIODIVERSITY CARDS
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fly agaric fungus
bluebell
bracken
sphagnum moss
dog lichen
script lichen growing on a stone
hazel gloves fungus
barley showing grassy leaves and seed head
9. puff ball
10. apple tree
11. dandelion plant showing leaves and flower
12. bracket fungus
13. hard fern
14. moss with fruiting capsules
15. old man’s beard lichen
There is a factsheet to go with this poster and other posters and factsheets in the ‘All About’
series. Download the factsheet from www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/education/fungi.pdf
or contact SNH, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW
Front images: Lorne Gill/SNH and Glyn Satterley/SNH Illustrations: John Tasker and Iain Ashman