Very recently, research about marine fungi has surfaced which has had us scratching our heads. We are just starting to identify marine fungal interactions and to be honest, ocean environments are so vast and interconnected we can’t even distinguish positive from negative interactions. But what we are realizing is that fungi are adaptive, extremely ancient organisms that heavily influence every ecosystem they live in. The phrase, “we know more about the Moon than our oceans” could not be truer.
Read moreThe aquatic gilled mushroom; Psathyrella aquatica
In this week's edition, I touch on my Yosemite adventure and talk about this incredible species of fungus; the only known gilled mushroom to fruit underwater. The researchers who first described the fungus want your help finding more of these mushrooms that are most likely confined to the West Coast in cold, relatively fast-moving, oxygen-rich rivers and streams.
Read more