Vermont
Vt. students to testify in support of state mushroom
WESTMINSTER, Vt. (WCAX) – Students are preparing to testify in Montpelier about why they think Vermont should have a designated state mushroom.
Students at the Compass School in Westminster and the Windham Elementary School are proposing the Hericium Americanum, as the official state mushroom.
The bear’s head tooth, as it is known, has a distinctive look, blooms in cold climates and likes hardwood forests.
The kids have been working on the project with help from their local state rep and if they are successful, the mushroom would join other state designates that symbolize the region.
“When it is a state bird or a state mushroom or a state vegetable that are uniquely Vermont and kind of speak to the landscape and the cultural heritage of our state,” said Ari Rockland-Miller of the Vt. Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
Vermont already has a state bird, the hermit thrush, and a state vegetable, the Gilfeather turnip. As for the state tree– you guessed it, the sugar maple.
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