Fungi are probably the least known and understood organisms on earth. They are more closely related to animals than plants and play a critical role in maintaining our health, food supplies, ecosystems and the Earth's atmosphere. The variety of their appearances is astonishing! They are all around us and influence almost every aspect of our lives.
Even though mushrooms are so important to our lives, many children (and adults) only know the mushrooms on the plate. But that can be changed with a visit to the Mushroom Museum! This museum houses an extraordinary collection of perhaps the most fascinating creatures on earth. Here you can not only admire the beautiful colors and incredible shapes of cup or cap mushrooms, porlings, belly mushrooms or lichens, but also look closely at penicillin and other exciting conspecifics through the microscope. Find out how fungi evolved, how they reproduce, and how important they are to all life on our planet. Mushrooms are not only food and medicine for humans, but also extremely important for plant and animal life.
