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The scientific study of fungi.

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In the "Parco di Nervi", a small botanical-like garden/park in the eastern outer district "Nervi" of the city of Genoa, Italy, I found the following fungus (or slime mold?) growing ...
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I've found it in a mixed forest in september. Its stem becomes slightly pink or brown-pink when cut. Here are some photos of this mushroom. Sorry, I don't have its photos from the forest. Nobody could ...
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I have been reading the fungal-punk novel Mushroom Blues by Adrian Gibson, which features a lot of fungi-based technology. This includes using mould as a material when you want things to be fluffy ...
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On radio, I've heard about mushroom/fungus living in mountains at the condition the terrain they are on is poor. What the programme did not tell me, is why they cannot accept a richer soil: then they ...
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Damp indoor places like walls or ceilings with moisture are quickly colonized by molds, most of which are Ascomycetes - such as Aspergillus or Penicillium. Humidity and poor ventilation make good ...
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In the wild, do herbivorous animals eat, say, Amanita phalloides ("death cap"), because they don't know it is poisonous, and help to spread it before death? Or are they able to eat it ...
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I have been growing mushrooms for years using sawdust and mycelium in a plastic bag. I've noticed after several weeks the 'block' of shiitake mycelium and sawdust will change from something wedged ...
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I had taken a sample of bacteria from my toilet bowl and allowed it to grow on an agar plate. After 3 days, it now has a number of colonies and smells really bad. This was originally for my school ...
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What kind/species is this? Brasília - DF - Brazil (Winter)
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I am about to buy a piece of second hand furniture. The wardrobe was stored in a room which recently was affected by water damage (it is a showroom not a basement room). Water damage occured in the ...
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Sorry, I know this is probably kind of a lame question for this forum, but I live in Northeast MA, and it has been a mix of hot, sunny, and wet over the past few weeks. These guys started popping up ...
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I’m interested in various natural structures: fractals, packing, hyperuniformity etc. Here is photo of pores of tinder fungus or Fomes fomentarius: The pore distribution is neither hexagonal packing ...
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What is the technical word for a single crop field trial which divided into different treatments? I have examined Field trial manual Principles, planning and Implementation of Agricultural Field ...
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Just as background mycorrhizae are fungi and split into two groups ectomycorrhizae and arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM). Taxonomically these fungi groups are very distinct. Ectomycorrhizae belong to the ...
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So I (living in NRW, Germany) found an apparently quite homogenous mold colony at home, and would like to know what type of mold it is. How I found the colony, where it grew: I ate something, then ...
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