Episode 3: Fun in Fungus
Join PocKit Robot on a magical adventure from garden to forest and across town, as they discover the hidden world of mushrooms and fungus! In this fun and educational episode, kids learn how fungus helps plants talk, cleans up dead wood and even connect trees together underground, through the amazing mycelial network.
Fascinaturing Facts!
Read more about… FUNGI!
The biggest living thing on Earth… is a fungus!
It’s true! The largest organism in the world isn’t a whale or a giant redwood tree. It’s a honey fungus living quietly under a forest in Oregon, USA, stretching across nearly 10 square kilometres of land! Imagine a mushroom so big you’d need a bicycle just to cross it. (Luckily… it stays mostly underground!)
Ancient Knowledge
People all over the world—far, far back in time—knew fungi were special.
Your ancestors might have used mushrooms for food, for healing, or in special stories and traditions.
Poc, Kit, and Kasey love that when they explore fungi, they’re connecting with nature’s oldest teachers.
Biodiversity… in the dark!
BI-O-DI-VER-SI-TY!
Fungi are a huge part of keeping forests full of life.
They help recycle logs, feed plants, support insects, and make soil rich and squishy – perfect for all sorts of creatures living under leaf piles and mossy logs.
You can help biodiversity by:
Leaving old sticks and logs in a quiet patch of your garden or school.
Letting fallen leaves stay on the ground over winter—fungi love them!
Looking carefully on walks… fungi can be teeny-tiny or tall and proud.
Mushrooms, Poc!
Ah, what a magicool discovery. PocKit were amazed to learn that mushrooms are just the tippy-top of the fungus beneath their feet. Do you have a favourite mushroom or strange fungus you’ve spotted?
We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at discovery@pockit.life and tell us:
Have you seen mushrooms in a park, garden, woodland, or even in your lawn?
What shapes or colours did you spot?
Did you see tiny puffballs, tall toadstools, or funny lumpy ones?
Have you ever seen white mycelium threads under a log?
We’d love to feature your discoveries here or on social media!
Activities
🌲 Fungus Foraging… with your eyes only!
Go for a woodland walk with an adult and see how many shapes of mushrooms you can spot. Remember: look only, don’t touch—fungi are delicate and some can make you poorly. September to November is the best times to see them, but things like bracket fungus can be seen all year round. Our favourite are the tiny white mushrooms peeking out from big mossy trees.
🔍 Lift a Log Adventure
Carefully lift a fallen log with a grown-up. Can you see white threads in the soil? That’s the mycelial network at work!
🎨 Make a Spore Print
If you find a safe, edible mushroom from a shop (not from the wild), place the cap on paper overnight. In the morning — wahoo! You’ll see its secret spore pattern.