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The Dish on Deliquescence in Coprinus Species
This post was written by Jonathan Landsman, who took my Mushrooms course in Fall 07. He is a busy graduate student of Horticulture, here on the Cornell Plantations Public Garden Leadership fellowship....
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Fungi on Science Friday!
A dispatch from Kathie Hodge, who is always ready to explore other media We all know that fungi are cool, and we are all baffled and saddened that they just don’t get enough press. Well that’s all...
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Entomophaga maimaiga – The caterpillar killer
This post was written by a fan of moldy bugs who is a graduate student in Entomology at Cornell. The Cinderella story of biological control is the introduction of the fungus Entomophaga maimaga...
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A fungus walks into a singles bar
Kathie Hodge wrote this with help from Bradford Condon, initially in response to Clear’s question about sexual reproduction in fungi. But perhaps you’re all wondering. Ready? During a radio interview...
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Evening glow
A short post from your editor, Kathie Hodge My mushroom students and I do all kinds of crazy but fun things every Fall. This year we pulled over for a yard full of giant puffballs, a giant Amanita...
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Moldy bread is cool
A kitchen dispatch from a Cornell grad student and sandwich-maker in my mushrooms class. One day last week I decided to make myself a sandwich for lunch. I grabbed the mustard, turkey, cheese and...
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New Growth: Hairy Homer
Finally! An update from Kathie Hodge on the state of the blog, and on Homer Simpson’s hair. Things have been quiet here since March–that’s when everything went haywire behind the scenes. Doh!!! I was...
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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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