Archive for June, 2009
In scouring the web in search of something interesting, I came across Australian Fungi – A Blog (Fungus observations around Australia, particularly in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney). Okay, I admit it. I wasn’t exactly “scouring”—I lifted the link off the Cornell Mushroom Blog Links page. Anyway, as soon as I got there it [...]
Tags: Australian fungi, Illiodictyon, mycology blog, stinkhorns
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant of $26.8 million to fight an increasingly worrisome threat to the world’s wheat harvest. The Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project was founded to bring diverse resources to combat an emerging strain of Puccinia graminis (Basidiomycota) commonly called wheat stem rust. This new strain is [...]
Tags: phytopathology, wheat rust
One of the (maybe even THE) most attractive and nicely done mushroom blogs out there is the Cornell Mushroom Blog. It’s done up right by Kathie Hodge and friends. Do not be alarmed by what appears to be a red-suited demon favicon on your browsers address bar. Marvelously illustrated and replete with thoughtful (witty even) [...]
Tags: Cornell, mycology websites
Have an idea for something interesting that is in some way connected to the fungal kingdom? I’d like to hear about it. If you have an interesting tidbit, a newsworthy note, or even a rant of your own, this could be the place for it. It might be possible for you to be a contributor [...]
A post at the website of R&D Magazine provides a concise description of a recently completed project that accomplished full-genome sequencing of six strains in the genus Candida. Members of the genus Candida (especially Candida albicans) are causative agents of “yeast” infections in humans. Candida is also a lethal agent of deep mycoses in immunodeficient [...]
Tags: Candida, genomics, pathogeni fungi
Wanna’ read something silly? How about the guy who considers all cancers to be caused by fungi? Dr. Simoncini (he’s Romulan, er…I mean “Roman”), wrote the book on it. You won’t find any legitimate medical web sites touching it. Plenty of alternative medicine folks seem to be enthralled with the idea. If you snoop around [...]
Tags: cancer, weird science
Hello, my Name is Phil and I’m a Mycoholic. Not really. That would suck. Imaging have to eat, drink, live and breath spores all day long. Wait! OMG, I do breath spores all day long! Is there any hope? It’s about mycology. It’s a rant. It might be fun or even useful. Okay it won’t [...]
