Archive for October, 2009
As has been mentioned, the cool wet weather of 2009 is giving fungal plant pathogens a real good shot at making trouble for farmers. The latest alarm bell rings from Hoosier Ag Today in the article Gray and Pink Molds Prevalent in Indiana Cornfields by Julie Douglas. An excerpt: Wet, cool conditions not only keep [...]
Tags: corn, phytopathology
Everyone needs a good fungal desktop picture for their computer. Richard Seaman, aka “The Flying Kiwi” (hey how ’bout that Flight of the Conchords!) has some pretty good free ones available. A good desktop background should be fairly uniform in color (IMHO) so I am currently using the one featuring a troop of small Coprinus. [...]
Tags: photography, wallpaper
Me, I don’t knit. But, I know a lot of people do. I’m thinking there are folks who like mushrooms and knitting. If you are one of those people (or if you know someone who is) then perhaps you will be interested in Fuzzy Fandom by Emily B. Miller. She designed and knitted these cute [...]
Tags: knitting, Mario mushrooms
According to Carson company training biopharmaceutical leaders, the Nevada-based company Aloha Medicinals is looking to hire and train postdoctoral researchers in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. This is noteworthy because Aloha specializes in mushrooms. According to company scientist Dr. John Holliday: “The value we are offering to these post-doctoral students is they are able to come here and [...]
Tags: Aloha, medicinal mushrooms, training
Research published in the Oct 1 issue of Geology suggests that there was a lot of dead wood around to support fungal growth after the Permian-Triassic extinction that occurred about 250 million years ago. According to Chemical constitution of a Permian-Triassic disaster species, the “disaster” species Reduviasporonites was widespread at this time. The paper provide [...]
Tags: extinction, Reduviasporonites
Texas-based band Fungi Girls released their first album called Seafaring Pyramid. I kind of like the track Dreaming of Oz. Reminds me of weird nights at a club called The Beach in Austin Texas in, oh, I don’t know about 1985 or so? The song is available on the page Bonus MP3: Fungi Girls — [...]
Tags: Fungi Girls, music
Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard by Nicholas P. Money Reviewed by Robert Rogers I really enjoyed this book — for the second time. I read it previously after borrowing it from the local library and thought it was a good read then. This time around however, I enjoyed it like a gourmet dinner, with truffles of course, [...]
Is Recycling Yeast an Option? asks Erin Voegele in her article at Ethanol Producer. Sure lots of yeast must eventually be disposed of in the brewing industry, but with the growth of fermentation to produce ethanol fuel, it could become more of a disposal problem. An excerpt: “Sugarcane ethanol producers typically recycle the yeast used [...]
I was channel surfing Tuesday night and caught the second half of Robert Mann’s film “Know Your Mushrooms” on the Sundance Channel. I now have it set to record the next showing, which is this weekend on DirecTV. Other Satellite and cable networks may have a different schedule. If you happen to catch this film, [...]
Tags: film, know your mushrooms, Sundance
