{"id":9495,"date":"2021-08-06T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:58:53","slug":"kids-fungi-adventures-the-incredible-kingdom-of-fungi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandinnorthps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/guest-contributors\/kids-fungi-adventures-the-incredible-kingdom-of-fungi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Fungi Adventures &#8211; The Incredible Kingdom of Fungi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9495\" class=\"elementor elementor-9495\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3c418d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3c418d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06b9e46\" data-id=\"06b9e46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf8a30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"edf8a30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PWcEpAHjGE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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color: #ff6600;\">There are hidden worlds of wonder all around us just waiting to be discovered.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #ff6600;\">One such world is that of microbes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97d49ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97d49ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8c3cf4\" data-id=\"c8c3cf4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b48e54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b48e54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The kingdom of fungi is a very old one indeed. 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