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The Friday Afternoon Mycologist

In which we meet the Friday Afternoon Mycologist and the fungus on his liverwort. Nov 2006

Do not eat

I survived the “Destroying Angel”

A sobering victim's story of Amanita poisoning. Nov 2006

Samorost

Flash Fungus Fun

Fungal video gaming. Nov 2006

Grifola frondosa

Stalking the Hen of the Woods

On Grifola frondosa, the lovely Hen of the Woods. Nov 2006

spider fungus

A spider’s nightmare

Scary. Fungal foes of spiders. Nov 2006

oysters

The world in your oyster

The multi-talented and delicious oyster mushroom. Nov 2006

chicken

Eating the Chicken of the Woods

Chicken-of-the-woods! Oct 2006

club root

Cabbage monstrosities

Unless you're a cabbage farmer, you don't know about clubroot. If you're a cabbage farmer, you fear it. Oct 2006

Reishei

Ganoderma lucidum and G. tsugae

Two famous medicinal mushrooms. Oct 2006

Daedaleopsis confragosa and the Minotaur

An introduction to the maze-maker's polypore. Oct 2006

cantaloupe, puffball

Giant puffballs, Calvatia gigantea

You can eat giant puffballs if you find em when they're young. Cantaloupes are tasty too. Oct 2006

brick caps

Hypholoma sublateritium–edible?

One student's report on the edibility of brick caps, Hypholoma sublateritium. Oct 2006

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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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