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"Here is my latest selection of puzzles based upon the Natural World topics which we talk about during visits to the Woodland Education Centre. Wow, there's even a 'Rangers Bad Joke' at the bottom of the page.  Have fun!"

  

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Click here for lots of information on fungi.  A second window will open so that you can use the information to help with some of the puzzles.
 

NEW!  Click Here for the new interactive version of this crossword!

Fungi Crossword

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3. "Magic" fungi circles found in fields.

5. Sphere shaped fungi growing low on the ground.

10. Structures that appear to be fungi roots.

11. Areas suitable for different things to live.

12. Some fungi have gills, others have ___?

13. Fungi live with these organisms to form lichens.

14. Must not be eaten, as it is ___?

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1. Fungi are the largest living ___?

2. A fungi that many people eat.

3. Invertebrates that spread spores of stinkhorn fungus.

4. Where the spores are located in mushrooms.

6. Grows on stale bread.

7. A mollusc with no shell that eats fungi.

8. Fungi distribute millions of these in order to reproduce.

 

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NEW!  Click Here for the new interactive version of this crossword!

 

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JOKE!

QUICK QUIZ!

 

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Find the key words listed below, in the word search box. Put a line through each word as you find it.

M Y C O R R H I Z A Q N Y N M
Y S X R H O B C Y A C E D U C
C E O G I T B P G T L P S F Y
E R P A Z T A T I B A H E G D
L O C N O I J B I K R W R Q O
I P L I M N C D W O G Y O E B
U Y N S O G E I O U H T P A G
BRACKET
EDIBLE
FRUITING  BODY
FAIRYRINGS
FLY AGARIC
HABITAT
HONEY FUNGUS
HYPHAE
LICHEN
LAMELLAE
MOULD
MUSHROOM
MYCELIUM
MYCORRHIZA
ORGANISM
POLYPORES
PORES
RHIZOMORPHS
SPORE
SLUGS
ROTTING
M L T M R S C M R F Q E J L N
S O N F P W U F V A T K I L I
G P U O H Y P H A E G C Z E T
U Z R L S X L D F O H A T M I
L E W K D O V K V E J R Y A U
S U G N U F Y E N O H B O L R
F A I R Y R I N G S N W A X F

 

For a complete guide to fungi, click here.