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Bioblitz Final Report

Bioblitz Final Report

An update from your editor, Kathie Hodge
Classes have just ended here and it is the time of final reports, term papers, assignments. For my part, I’d like to tell you about our bioblitz results.
We had about 46 participants (a handful of them kids). I asked each person to estimate how many species we might [...]

The Ithaca Bioblitz

The Ithaca Bioblitz

An update from Kathie Hodge, your editor and organizer
We held our first ever Bioblitz on April 28 and it was a lot of fun. You can check out our photos, posted at my Flickr site. We found lots of different things–so many that we’re still tabulating. I’ll get back to you soon with the final [...]

Getting ready for the Bioblitz

Getting ready for the Bioblitz

An update from Kathie
Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m hosting a Bioblitz on a 5 acre patch of land near Ithaca. A pack of roving naturalists, taxonomists, mycologists, and ilk will join me to inventory all the life forms we can find. I’m excited.
And to think that just eleven days ago I was despairing that [...]

First Annual Blogger Bioblitz in Ithaca

First Annual Blogger Bioblitz in Ithaca

An invitation from Kathie
Despite the snowy weekend to come, Spring has come to Ithaca, and Ithacans are itching to get outside. In that spirit, the Cornell Mushroom Blog announces our participation in the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz. Jeremy Bruno of The Voltage Gate conceived the idea, and he challenges science and natural history bloggers to [...]

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Most people don't pay much attention to fungi, which include things like mushrooms, molds, yeasts, and mildews. Here at Cornell we think they're pretty fascinating. In fact, even the most disgusting foot diseases and moldy strawberries are dear to our hearts. We'd like to talk to you about fungi, so that like us, you too can tell gross stories at the dinner table. Afterwards, maybe you'll notice some things you would have overlooked before, and we think this could be good for the planet.

Kathie T. Hodge, Editor

Beneath Notice, our book of borescopic mycology

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