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What Are Mushrooms?

Nature videos for curious kids, hosted by Sprout

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Episode 14: What Are Mushrooms?
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Episode 14 · 2:16 · Trees & plants

What Are Mushrooms?

You'll learn

  • Why fungi aren't plants or animals
  • Hidden threads and spreading spores
  • How fungi recycle leaves and team up with trees
Hero taskGo mushroom spotting with a grown-up, take photos and count how many colours you find. Never touch or eat wild mushrooms.

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Each episode is just over two minutes long, with subtitles on screen, a quick quiz and a hero task to do together. Videos play from our YouTube channel, where every episode is set as made for kids, so comments are off. Nothing plays until you press Watch. Hero task ticks are saved only on this device. Have a question or an idea for a new episode? Email hello@tinytreeheroes.org.