Your Custom Text Here
Norman Borlaug; rust’s worst nightmare
Norman Borlaug is a name we should all know. He believed that food was a right to all, and that your origin of birth shouldn’t determine your access to food. Today I learned how he combated one of our greatest crop enemies; rust.
Read more
Termitomyces titanicus. A rather fitting name for such a huge species. By Danny Newman.
Make way for the biggest mushroom on the planet! Find out what drove its large size in this weeks edition of Fungi Friday.
Read more
Closely related Morchella esculenta. Some say M. esculenta and M. crassipes are synonymous. By Hamilton.
Sclerotia forming morels may be associated with the rhizosphere not through a mycorrhizal ecology, but through an intimate relationship bacteria.
Read more
Agaricus bisporus, the portobello.
The mushroom capital of the world you didn't know about.
Read more
The large in-focus ant with robust mandibles is a worker of the Mediae cast. Mediae workers do most of the heavy lifting, cutting and carrying plant tissue great distances to the fungal garden. The smaller two ants (Minors) are on patrol, defending the larger Madiae worker from parasitic phorid flies. So no, these smaller ants aren't just getting a free ride. They are working too.
Learn how the some of the largest colonies on earth farm fungi and act as ecological black holes.
Read more1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
