April 16th is... National Day of the Mushroom/Mushroom Day, Foursquare Day/4sqDay, National Bean Counters' Day, National Eggs Benedict Day, National Healthcare Decisions Day, National Librarian Day, National Orchid Day, Save The Elephant Day, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day, World Semicolon Day, National Stress Awareness Day, World Voice Day (WVD), Flat Stomach Appreciation Day, International 4p-/Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome Awareness Day, Isaac Newton Knighted (1705), National Reveal the Genius Within Day, Wilbur Wright's Birthday (1867), Jimmy Buffett Day (Florida), National Advance Care Planning Day (Canada), Feast of Saint Bernadette Soubirous/St. Bernadette's Day, St. Padarn's Day
More Special Days: College Student Grief Awareness Day, Get to Know Your Customers Day, International Pizza Cake Day, National Ask An Atheist Day, National D.A.R.E. Day/National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day, National High Five Day, Support Teen Literature Day/Celebrate Teen Literature Day, Biomedical Research Awareness Day, Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.)
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National Day of the Mushroom-- Paying tribute to the famous fungi with over 14,000 different varieties. Some mushrooms are highly poisonous if eaten, but there are a number of other mushrooms that can be eaten safely. Edible mushrooms can be stuffed, breaded, grilled or sauteed and can be eaten with a wide range of foods including salad, eggs, spaghetti, and pizza. Celebrate by eating an entire day of mushroom meals - from breakfast to dinner!
Read: The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised: Illustrated Guide to Foraging, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms
-- In The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised, mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the fungi. Stunning photographs and Lincoff's fascinating anecdotes from the field will make you an instant mycophile. Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the Earth. Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban parks to your own backyard.
• Crimini ~ Portabella ~ Baby Bella Mushroom Growing Kit - Easy to grow your own Fresh Mushrooms! -- Kit weighs 12 to 14 lbs and can produce up to 4 lbs of mushrooms during the 6-8 week growing cycle. Once the mushrooms emerge they double in size every 24 hours! So much fun to watch for children as well as adults. Makes a Terrific Science project. Great for the Home School as well as in the Science Classroom (ANY age group!).
• Shiitake Mushroom Growing Kit -- Grow your own gourmet fresh shiitake mushrooms in just 4 days. Grow multiple crops on 100% plant-based soil (sawdust and wheat bran). Your Shiitake mushrooms can be harvested at 10-day intervals for up to 16 weeks. Growing temperature is from 55° F to 75° F.• Mushroom Coloring and Activity Books
Super Fungi
Amazon Freebies:🍄 Free Mushroom ebooks. No Kindle? Download a FREE Kindle Reading App
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🍄 Free Mushrooms apps
🍄 Free Mushrooms game apps
🍄 Free Mushrooms book and comic apps
🍄 Listen to Mushroom Digital Music with a Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited
🍄 Watch Mushroom Videos for Free with a Free Trial of Amazon Prime
🍄 Listen to Mushroom Audible books with Amazon Audible, and Get Two Free Audiobooks
🍄 Free Alexa Skills | Mushrooms
Four Mushroom Recipes:
🍄 Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup Recipe
🍄 Super Fast and Easy Bacon Wrapped Mushroom Kabobs w/3 Topping Ideas for Your Next Party
🍄 Cajun Spiced Grilled Portobella Mushrooms
🍄 Clean Eating Pizza Mushrooms
Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities, and Crafts:
🍄 Mushroom Science Printables
🍄 Mushroom - KROKOTAK PRINT! | printables for kids
🍄 Mushrooms coloring pages | SuperColoring
🍄 Printable Mushroom Dot To Dot Puzzle
🍄 Mushrooms: From Forest to Plate | OSU Extension Service
🍄 Free Toadstool Garland
🍄 Mushroom Coloring Pages - GetColoringPages
🍄 Printable Mushroom Clipart Black And White
🍄 Fungi Detective | Wildlife Watch
🍄 Mushroom Printables
🍄 Mushroom Stationery, Nature, Stationery - Free Printable
🍄 Fruits and Veggie Bingo - Shape Your Future
🍄 Cork Crafts - Easy and Cute Mushrooms Corks - Red Ted Art
🍄 Free Mushroom Worksheets and Printables
🍄 Mushroom Prints | Activity | Education.com
🍄 DIY Framed Mushroom Prints + 22 Printables
🍄 FREE PRINTABLE - Mushroom Nature Study
🍄 Mushroom Kingdom Printable 3-D Tree Ornament
🍄 Mushroom Template Shapes for Preschool Art - Tim's Printables
🍄 Mushroom - Printable Photo Frames for Kids | Mocomi
🍄 Activity sheet: Fungi Foray
🍄 FREE Printable Mushrooms Montessori 3-part Cards
Emancipation Day (1862)
- On this day, the government declared it against the law to make the people or the descendants (the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren) of the people taken from Africa continue to work as slaves. In the United States, this day marks president Abraham Lincoln's announcement of the end of slavery and the end of the Civil War.
National Librarian Day
- Celebrating and honoring librarians, who are among the most knowledgeable people you know. Librarians can also help you do research and order new books. So this day is set aside to recognize and celebrate the librarians who make the process of brain-building so much easier when we head to the library.
National Stress Awareness Day
- Are you finding work or school putting on the pressure? Are your kids getting on your nerves? Are there more bills than money at the end of the month? RELAX! Today is an opportunity to recognize there is plenty of stress in your life. But today is also an opportunity to learn, and to do something about the stress... before it drives you crazy.
National Eggs Benedict Day
- The origins are a bit unclear, perhaps because of all the various Benedicts trying to claim the dish as their own idea. The most famous, printed in The New Yorker in 1942, states Lemuel Benedict of Wall Street staggered into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 and ordered buttered toast with poached eggs, bacon and hollandaise in order to cure his hangover.
Wilbur Wright's Birthday (1867)
- April 16th marks the birthday of American aviator Wilbur Wright. Born in 1867, Wilbur and his brother Orville are renowned for their invention of the first powered aircraft.
Isaac Newton Knighted (1705)
- Sir Isaac Newton is best known for explaining how gravity works. Newton was knighted by Queen Anne and became Sir Isaac in 1705.
