--- title: Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Mushrooms and creatures to avoid in the woods: death caps, adders, ticks and hornets», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. 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How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/0/) — A walk in the woods is full of treasures: mushrooms pushing up through the leaves, a snake sunning itself on the path, a deep buzz from a hollow tree. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/1/) — Almost everything there is harmless if you look with your eyes and keep your hands to yourself. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/2/) — A few things need respect. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/3/) — The deadliest mushroom in the world, the death cap, looks plain and tastes fine. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/4/) — The adder bites only when stepped on or grabbed. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/5/) — A tiny tick can hitch a ride on your leg without you feeling it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/7/) — Trouble comes when people grab, poke, step on or come too close. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/8/) — So the woods rules are simple: never pick and eat mushrooms without an expert, never touch snakes, nests or hairy caterpillars, walk calmly away, check your skin after long grass, and tell a grown-up about anything that bites or stings. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/9/) — The death cap, a plain pale green-yellow mushroom often found under oaks, causes most deaths from mushroom poisoning in the world. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/10/) — The death cap has no bad taste, and the illness starts many hours later, when the poison has already harmed the liver; cooking, freezing or drying does not make it safe. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/11/) — The fly agaric, red with white spots like in cartoons and Mario games, is real and poisonous and grows in birch and pine woods; its white spots are bits of the skin that wrapped the young mushroom and can wash off in the rain. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/12/) — Silver spoons turning black, onions changing colour and slugs nibbling a mushroom are all myths and prove nothing; many poisonous mushrooms show no sign, and only an expert who knows each kind can tell. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/13/) — The mushroom is only the fruit of a fungus whose threads live in the soil; the thin gills under the cap drop billions of tiny spores, enough to make a print on paper. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/14/) — The adder, a grey-brown snake with a dark zigzag down its back, is venomous and lives in Ukraine and much of Europe, but it bites only when stepped on or grabbed and would rather slide away. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/16/) — The grass snake, with two yellow patches behind its head, is harmless, loves water and frogs, and defends itself by hissing, giving off a bad smell or playing dead; it is still best to leave all snakes alone. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/17/) — A tick is a tiny eight-legged relative of spiders, not an insect; it waits on grass tips, grabs passing animals and drinks blood, and some ticks carry illnesses like Lyme disease. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/18/) — A grown-up should remove a tick with a tick tool and watch the spot; if a red ring appears, a doctor should see it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/19/) — The European hornet is the biggest wasp in Ukraine and is usually calmer than small wasps; it stings only if its nest is disturbed or it is squashed or grabbed, so walk calmly away from nests. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/20/) — Some hairy caterpillars have tiny hairs that break off and make skin itch and burn, and the hairs can float in the air near their silky nests, so look with your eyes only. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/21/) — Wild boar dig up the forest floor with their snouts for roots and worms; they usually avoid people, but a mother with stripy piglets may charge, so go back the way you came and never get between a mother and her young. - ← previous: [Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew and nightshade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade/) - next →: [How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)