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How fungi grew on Cesalpino
This post is by your editor, Kathie Hodge. She’s a fan of old books, even when they’re moldy. Mold appears out of nowhere, doesn’t it? Baseball mitts left in the garage develop disturbing colors;...
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Learning fungi
A reading recommendation from your editor, Kathie T. Hodge. It’s hard to learn about fungi. And eww, why would you want to? Aren’t they all either diabolical molds or poisonous mushrooms? Of course...
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A deadly Russula
A post by my talented student Ben Hoffman, who took my Mushrooms class in 2013. An entertaining way to confirm a mushroom is a Russula is to throw it at something (a tree, the ground, a friend) and...
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Ladybug Fungi
A post by Cornell grad student and mycology maven Megan Daniels.> I promise we will get to fungi, but first, let’s talk about ladybugs. There’s a new ladybug in town, and it’s not as charming and...
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Twinkly earthstars
A post from your editor, Kathie Hodge, who’s fascinated by fungi that move. Aside: Recently I learned that the Library of Congress has added this blog to their historical collection of Science Blogs. I...
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Hope for Impatiens
A post by Megan Daniels, a talented mycology grad student at Cornell. This year Grandma couldn’t find impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) to plant in her flower beds. She’s always planted impatiens! But...
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An unlikely delicacy: the basket stinkhorn
Anca Cherecheș, a Cornell graduate student in Linguistics, gives stinkhorns a good name. I don’t think the poor stinkhorn realizes just how polarizing it is. But it’s not hard to see why it produces...
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Connecting the Rusts
A post by your editor, Kathie T. Hodge Here’s a strange sight you might see while plying your canoe round the edges of a pond, or wading through a swamp. See how fresh and orange, how mysterious? This...
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Flying fungi
A post by Christopher A. Tarango, a Cornell grad student in ornithology and a fungus fan. Red-cockaded woodpecker at his nest, by M. LammertinkMany woodpeckers live in dead trees, but the Red-cockaded...
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