Fly agaric mushroom

kingdom

• Kingdom fungi Phylum, Basidomycota 
• Class, Basidiomycetes
• Order Agaricales, Family, Amanitaceae
• Genus, Agaricus
• species, Amanita Muscaria or fly agaric

why is it in Kingdom fungi

• A toadstool
• Doesn't move
• Doesn't smell, taste, hear, feel or see
• A mushroom
• Not bactiria

Appearance

• Red cap with white spots
• White spots are fluffy
• Cap diameter 8-10 cm
• Stem length 8-18 cm
• Stem diameter 1-2 cm

Adaptations

• Can break into tree roots
• Poisonous
• Makes a shield around tree roots
• And help maximize water uptake
• Gills change itself

Adaptation benefits

• Can take food from trees
• Protect itself from enemies
• Can take even more water
• Can stand back up if put on its side

Habitat

• North America, Europe
• Imported to Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Lives on roots of pine and birch trees

Food

• Water and nutrients
• Sugar from tree photosynthsis
• Soil, leaves, dung, carcasses
• Rotting stuff, trees, wood, leaves

Reproduction

• Fluffy spots are spores
• Spores are seeds
• Spores always germiate
• Spores grow outside, grows on basidia cells
• Spores are called basidiospores

How it reflects God

• It reflects God's creativity
• His wonder