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__Bird's Nest Fungus__
This fungus looks like a small bird's nest, complete with eggs. These eggs are called "**peridioles**". They contain the spores. Can you see how big the nest is? (The ruler measures centimetres). || The nest is **a splash cup**. Rain drips off the leaves above and splashes into the nest with enough force to bounce out the "eggs". They sometimes land as far as 1metre away! || Here's a peridiole, splashed out of the cup. The spores are trapped inside. When they are ready, they will explode out of their X-shaped door. || The peridioles have an elastic "tail" which uncoils like a spring when they are splashed out. This handy "tail" grabs onto a twig as the peridiole soars past. || The splash cup has a little cap over the top of the cup to protect the "eggs". It breaks open when the spores inside are ready to grow. || Look what I found inside - **the tiniest** the end of a pin, magnified by the microscope. ||
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 * snail I have ever seen!** The metal spike next to it is


 * [[image:smile.jpg width="80" height="80"]] || ==Be the first to find...==

**A Bird's Nest Fungus for The Specimen Bank**
(Hint: Look on decaying wood, small twigs, sawdust or wood chips) ||

"I first of all drew a snail from nature, holding it ... Then I took the scissors ..." - Henri Matisse

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 * Henri Matisse, 1869 - 1954** || [[image:snailmatisse2.jpg]]
 * The Snail, 1953** || ===A Very Famous, (Very Colourful) Snail===

Mediterranean Sea.
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 * [[image:smile.jpg width="78" height="78"]] || ==Make your own Matisse snail==

**1 Smile** if you use coloured paper.
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 * [[image:smile.jpg width="78" height="78"]] || ==Where in the world did Henri Matisse live?==

Can you find the South of France and the Mediterranean Sea on a map?
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Drag and drop a very special work of art.

 * [[image:P1100017.JPG]] || ==Play with the [|Collage Machine]== ||