#Fungi

Just Jen, Really

I'm not sure about elsewhere, but there really isn't such a thing as a mycology PHD in the US, which seems very weird but it's just kind of how it

Late Stage Kapitalist

The issue with using bacterium to decompose plastics is simple: the size of the molecule. Bacteria are, well, tiny and their mouths aren’t large enough to break up even pretty

Paul J. Taillie

So, it's mushroom season in NC. Instead of overdosing my followers with fungal content they didn't sign up for, I'm putting it all in a thread. Buckle up... First, what

Alejandro Huereca Delgado

Arthonia molendoi s.l. growing on Xanthocarpia crenulatella s.l. from NE Mexico. This might be the first species of #lichenicolous #fungi that I identified. #Lichen "parasites" are challenging to deal with

Witch Cake ☕🃏

People ask me what books they should read to learn about plants, and I feel like I need to be honest with you and say that the way I learnt

Since you're stuck at home, thinking about food, looking for projects to do with your kids, maybe consider growing your own MUSHROOMS. This is a thread about doing that. A

The Nerdy Derma

Do you know what skin condition I often find so difficult and challenging to treat?Widespread fungal infections arising from prolonged steroid use.Why? Steroids reduce the skin's immune response. It stops

You'll come back home to use the same bedsheets you've been using for the past two weeksYes you! Don't scroll down, you!Tomorrow, you'll wake up and wonder why your skin

#MushroomsOfIndia..Could anyone tell if these r edible? Look &smell good like #OysterMushrooms, But hv grown on dead Mango Tree. Plz visit d thread time to time. It'll be updated wid

colinpurrington

colinpurrington

I found a box of @Hostess_Snacks Twinkies from 2012 in my basement and I thought I'd make a short thread. There were some surprises. 2. The Twinkie from 2012 is

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My best friend is a mycologist who basically started his own field with his phd "cognitive mycology" -- he is a nutcase in the best way. I will ineloquently describe

To improve my teaching I collect instructive examples of students misconceptions about plant biology (e.g. all plants make photosynthesis) beyond photosynthesis and respiration. Many are formed at a very young

Let me tell you all a story about the importance of negative controls. This is a reminder that we all screw up. About a week ago I posted a photo

Proud of our recently published paper in @JEcology on stable isotope composition of mycoheterotrophic plants living on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. On what??? Here's a thread @Naturalis_Sci @IBED_UvA @bay_ceer #mycoheterotrophy

Excited to share my PhD work https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.11.247098 Together with @Brookesloci, Scott Roy & @chris_21812, we have reconstructed the evolutionary history of intron presence/absence in Fungi and identified general modes

Niffer 🌊🧙‍♀️

It’s getting to the time of year where people start asking about ‘toadstools’ and trying to eat mushrooms they found in cow pats, acting like Latin names are for ‘stuck