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[Out For A Hike]

Rather than follow in single file, the kids crowd around Calanthe now as they follow. There's a bit of chatter, but then a question is raised above the other voices. "Then what happens?"

Sakura follows behind the group, a grin on her lips. This is all too cute.
Out For A Hike

There's a very brief hint of surprise at the question that bubbles to the surface - it seems this wasn't quite what Calanthe expected to follow up on for them, but she pivots well and keeps the tempo of her lesson going excellently even so. "Why, the thing that always comes after decay - growth!" The lapin smiles. "Those hungry fungi spread and grow to seek out more and more to feed upon, and sprout up fruiting bodies like the mushrooms we all know so well to spread spores upon the wind. These spores find their way to new surfaces and, hopefully, land somewhere they can send through hyphae and start to grow anew."

"It's a simple cycle, but to keep it going many fungi do a wide variety of very strange and interesting things." Calanthe takes a moment to watch her footing around a group of gnarled roots and offers a hand to help each member of the group up and over, exchanging with Sakura a glimmering smile - she's just as happy to see the kids being so active and engaged.

"Take these, for example." Calanthe gestures towards a vibrant cluster of golden chantrelles springing from the grass nearby, their yellow funnels stretching up and curling over in disorganized and wavy shapes. "What do you think the fungus that grew these little beauties do that makes them special?"