![Sacred mushrooms](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2010/01/Sacredmushroomsthumb_-27cs0gn.jpg)
Mushrooms as Sacred Objects in North America
Native Americans knew fungi, and perceived some of them as sacred. Here's an introduction. Jan 2010
![my hand lenses](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/11/lenses-KTHthumb_-1au77zw.jpg)
lately in the public lens
Media appearances featuring your Mushroom Blog Editor, Kathie Hodge. Nov 2009
![puffballs!](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/10/puffballs-closerthumb_-2ieen2x.jpg)
Puffballs ate my mulch
In which your Editor says "fart" a lot, and there is joyous stomping followed by disease. Oct 2009
![smells like maple syrup](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/08/lactarius_aquifluusthumb_-130x1z2.jpg)
Lactarius helvus, the maple syrup milky cap
It smells like Sunday brunch, but don't serve it to your guests. Aug 2009
![Boletus edulis](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/06/boletusedulis-cropthumb_-p5ng3p.jpg)
How to eat a bolete
Boletes (ceps, porcini mushrooms) are among the yummiest of all mushrooms. Jun 2009
![Narceus millipede](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/05/narceusthumb-y1lhzq.jpg)
Small friends of fungi
Little things rule the world, no doubt, and many fungi are charter members of the Dead Plants Society. May 2009
![a fungus in amber](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/05/amber3-2thumb_-1rwvo8c.jpg)
Paleomycology: Discovering the fungal contemporaries of dinosaurs
Some fungi preserved in amber for tens of millions of years. May 2009
![Beneath Notice](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/05/BeneathNotice-1xce4ua.jpg)
Beneath Notice
Beneath Notice bends perspective: it's a book of photos taken with a borescope, plus witty blurbs. May 2009
![Fungi of China](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/04/China-1iciase.jpg)
Homeward Bound: Fungi of China
The Plant Pathology Herbarium sends some invaluable fungi home to China. Apr 2009
![unsuspecting caterpillar](https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/files/2009/03/caterpillar1thumb-1jdt9fj.jpg)
Entomophaga maimaiga – The caterpillar killer
The demise of a gypsy moth caterpillar in time lapse, plus our insightful play-by-play. Mar 2009