HOW TO MAKE MUSHROOM SPORE PRINTS

Making spore prints turned out to be a really easy educational project that has creative potential. You want to harvest or use mature mushrooms. You may choose to remove the cap or keep it in place. We did both with varying results. To keep the spore prints from being scattered by air drafts, you can cover them with a cup.

We left our spore prints for two days and that was too much time. We could have removed the mushroom caps after two hours and moved the caps to another part of the paper to collect more. I find the finer prints to be more beautiful and easier to observe under a microscope.

Check out the Blog Post that accompanies this video for more details and resources:
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Check out the Haul video where we purchased this mushroom growing kit:
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Check out our other Botany lessons here:
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