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An adventure with Omphalotus
I was wandering through the Fall woods near Ithaca, New York when I stumbled upon what looked like a delicious surprise… upon closer inspection (and the observations of a trained mycologist), I realized that I had made the amateur mistake of confusing the tasty Chanterelle with the poisonous Jack O’Lantern mushroom Omphalotus illudens…
Mystery liverwort fungus, chapter 5
FAM is still trying to figure out what to call his liverwort fungus. Taxonomy is surprisingly hard sometimes. And just when you think you’re onto something, you find another can of worms. This one’s called Microxiphium.
The Insect-Fungus War: Behavioral Fever
Fungi, heat, and height all figure into an insect phenomenon called behavioral fever.
Phallus ravenelii: the common stinkhorn, Ravenel’s stinkhorn
Stink stink stink, we love stinkhorns. A little about their sordid history and biology here. What’s not to like?
Pilobolus and the lungworm
Pilobolus is interesting enough all by itself, because it can shoot a big black bullet. We’d also like to introduce you to the lungworm. The lungworm takes an unusual route to get back into a cow. It travels through snot, dung, and–most surprisingly–by fungus.
$#%!&! Red Russulas
Beginning mushroomers often think a field guide is the key to all knowledge. But there are some kinds of mushrooms that even intrepid field guide authors fear. The little brown ones (LBMs, we call them), yes, but also these big handsome red Russulas (JARs: sigh, Just Another Russula).
Dyeing with Lichens & Mushrooms
Dying with lichens and mushrooms! We gave it a good shot with help from a local expert on natural dyes. It was fun.
Frogblog2: Origin and spread of the frog chytrid
Part deux of our two-part series on the frog chytrid, a fungus that is wiping out amphibians all over the world.