small things
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.
Mystery liverwort fungus, chapter two
Part 2 in FAM’s series on the mysterious liverwort fungus. What the heck is this? Mycology is hard.
Frogblog1: Chytridiomycosis and global amphibian decline
Poor, poor froggies. Although we love fungi, we definitely do not love the chytrid fungus that is busy killing frogs and other amphibians all over the world. It is an evil and highly unusual fungus (not that some other fungi aren’t evil), in that it is the only known vertebrate pathogen among chytrids. Here is a primer in two parts.
Blewit eaters
Blewits are tasty purple mushrooms, so it’s always exciting to find them. But imagine how excited I was when I found they had an ornate and seldom-seen parasitic mold growing on them. Do you know me at all? I was ecstatic.
The Friday Afternoon Mycologist
The Friday Afternoon Mycologist makes his first appearance on the Blog, and tells us about his vexing and/or intriguing liverwort fungus. Why is mycology so hard? And why do all truly interesting things happen on Friday afternoons?
A spider’s nightmare
I’m no fan of spiders, but I have to admire them when they are thoroughly dead and covered in fungus. Here are two fungusy spiders in glorious rotation. That’s right, I’m no fan of spiders, but I am definitely a fan of fungi.
Lemon lapse time rot
Moldy lemons aren’t victims of just any mold–they have their own specific pair of evil parasites. Here a lemon succumbs to one of those evil Penicillium twins, in time lapse.
Complementary Colors–Hemlock rust
Poplar and hemlock can together support a happy population of rust fungi. Either one alone? No rust. Rusts are weird.