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Fungi Friday; The bleeding tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii)

August 3, 2018 Philip Pinzone
Hydnellum peckii, the bleeding tooth fungus. Photo by Darvin DeShazer.

Hydnellum peckii, the bleeding tooth fungus. Photo by Darvin DeShazer.

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In Fungi Friday, Evolution, Ecology Tags Hydnellum peckii, Bleeding tooth, strawberries and cream, Fungi, Mycology, Nature, Evolution, ecology, Biology, Forest, Forest floor, FFN, fungi
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Fungi Friday-Poronia punctata

January 19, 2018 Philip Pinzone
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Poronia punctata growing on old, hay filled horse dung in Portugal. By Elsa.

This species is a great example of how minor changes in human development may have large consequences for individual species.

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In Ecology, Evolution, Fungi Friday Tags Fungi Friday, Poronia punctata, P. punctata, Poronia, Fungi, Mycology, Ecology, Evolution, Biology, coprophilous, Forest, Forest Floor Narrative, Forest Floor, competition, dispersal, species interactions, species distribution, Nature, Anthropocene, Human era, environment
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#FungiFriday – The cobalt crust

December 1, 2017 Philip Pinzone
The cobalt crust.  

The cobalt crust.  

This beautiful fungus has properties humans may be able to harness to fight future bacterial infections. 

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In Fungi Friday, Ecology, Evolution Tags Fungi Friday, Forest Floor Narrative, FFN, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary processes, Mycology, Biology, Fungi, Fungus, Nature, decomposer, decomposition, cobalt crust, crust fungus, Terana coerulea, Terana caerulea, Carbon Cycle, soil nutrients, antimicrobial, Bacteria, forest floor, forest, Forest
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Implications of mycorrhizae; Increased CO2 levels enhance mineral weathering

October 5, 2017 Philip Pinzone
Three AMF hosts, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia sempervirens and Magnolia grandiflora followed by two ECM hosts, Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula. (f) AMF structures. (g) ECM rootlets. Quirk et al. 2014. 

Three AMF hosts, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia sempervirens and Magnolia grandiflora followed by two ECM hosts, Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula. (f) AMF structures. (g) ECM rootlets. Quirk et al. 2014. 

A new negative interaction uncovered in the wake of increased CO2 emissions. 

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In Mycorrhizae, Climate Change, Carbon Cycle Tags Forest Floor Narrative, forest floor, Forest, Forest ecology, global climate change, CO2 levels, CO2, science, mycorrhizae, Mycology, Biology, Botany, research, CO2 emissions, Earth’s atmosphere, Anthropocene, fungal mutualists, mineral weathering, environment, Evolution, Climate change, ECM, ectomycorrhizae, AMF, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, weathering
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Hyphal aggregates

August 24, 2017 Philip Pinzone
Fungal hyphae making up a network of mycelia. 

Fungal hyphae making up a network of mycelia. 

Hyphae are the building blocks of the fungal realm. Find out what structures hyphal aggregates make up.

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In Ecology, Evolution, Mutualism, Mycology Tags Forest Floor Narrative, Forest floor, Forest, Hyphal aggregates, Hyphal formations, Hyphal structures, Hyphae, fungi, mushroom, ecology, physiology, fungal physiology, evolution, Spitzenkörper, fungal growth, fungal network, mycelial networks, Mycorrhizae, mycology, Costa Rica, mycelial cords, rhizomorph, rhizomorphs, aerial rhizomorph, Sclerotia, ectomycorrhizal fungi, science, Nature, Biology
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