Making mushroom spore prints has become a tradition for us in autumn. This is not only a fun activity but also educational! 🍄🍄‍🟫 A mushroom spore print can be done with fresh and store-bought mushrooms; dry ones won’t work. A bowl is placed over the wine cap mushroom to raise the humidity and prevent the spores from scattering. You can speed up the process by placing a drop of water on top of the cap. The print can be preserved by spraying it with hair spray. It would be neat to have several

Death Cap. Deadly poisonous. One mushroom can kill an adult. Key traits • Cap: Greenish-olive, yellow-green, or sometimes pale/whitish; smooth, not scaly • Gills: Pure white, never turn brown • Spore print: White • Stem: White, often smooth • Ring: White, skirt-like • Volva (BIG ONE): Bulb at the base enclosed in a white sac (volva) — often buried in soil • Smell: Mild or sweet when fresh, sickly later True Parasol Mushroom. Edible (when correctly identified), but commonly confused with toxic sp