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5 Ways to Tell if you are a Fungophobe

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is Vancouver’s natural history museum. We work to promote a greater understanding of, and collective responsibility for, the biodiversity of BC, Canada, and the World.

beaty logo red The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is Vancouver’s natural history museum. We work to promote a greater understanding of, and collective responsibility for, the biodiversity of BC, Canada, and the World. Come visit us on UBC campus - we’re located at 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC. You can find more info at beatymuseum.ubc.ca. Follow us @beatymuseum on Twitter & Instagram and like us on Facebook.
  1. You dread the fall rains that awaken the sleeping army of mushrooms that have been silently waiting beneath the soil.

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  1. The fact that some mushrooms can project their spores faster than a speeding bullet gives you nightmares.

spores3. You believe Britney Spears’ song Toxic is about the toxic mushrooms that can kill you.

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  1. You use the fact that some mushrooms melt as proof of their evilness. The Wicked witch of the West melted. Case in point.

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  1. Knowing that some mushrooms lactate despite not being mammals gives you the heebie jeebies.

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Face your fear and join the mushroom hunt. The Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s mycologist (mushroom expert) friends put signs up all over UBC campus next to naturally growing mushrooms.

The first person to capture all 12 signs and hashtag them with #beatymuseum #mushroomhunt will win a Four Mushroom Pizza from Pie R Squared and a spot on our Mushroom Walk.

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There is a map showing where each of the mushroom signs around campus are. Here is the original map and the updated version (we lost some signs to the lawn mowers and mysterious circumstances!).