Monthly Archives: September 2009
Wisconsin Preps for Bat WNS
| September 30, 2009 | Posted by Philip under Info, Review |
The fungal disease of bats known as white nose syndrome (WNS) is heading West. According to Sounding the Alarm for Bat Health by Meg Jones: “For now, Wisconsin’s bat population is hale and hearty. But a devastating fungus is racing through cave-dwelling bat populations in eastern states and it’s headed this way. White-nose syndrome has…
New Mushroom Book Available for Review
| September 29, 2009 | Posted by Philip under Tid Bit |
David Spahr’s book Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada is now available for a MycoRant review. The publisher will send a copy to the reviewer directly. If you are a mycologist at a New England or Eastern Canadian university, or a knowledgeable member of a club from these parts (not including…
Martha Stewart Has A Good Mushroom Idea!
| September 28, 2009 | Posted by Philip under Tid Bit |
“Turn your garden into a toadstool-filled wonderland.” Well heck yeah! Perusing the magazine shelf at the library I spotted the cover of Martha Stewart Living. Now normally I would not even notice that mag, but something caught my eye. Mushrooms! Look! On page 54 of the October edition of the magazine there is a short…
Medicinal Mushroom Roundup
| September 25, 2009 | Posted by Philip under Info |
Among all the web news about fungi, posts about medicinal mushrooms are notably less common than those about just plain old “mushrooms.” Here’s a collection of recent medicinal mushroom mentions found using both Google and Bing (Honestly? Bing isn’t up to speed for my purposes). A Melding of Performance Art and Mycological Culture? It’s a…
An Account of the NMMS Annual Foray
| September 23, 2009 | Posted by Philip under Info, Review |
Rob Hallock, PhD, and Gretchen Cheverton have been kind enough to write about their experience at the New Mexico Mycological Society Annual Foray, held in Taos during the latter part of august 2009. And here it is… New Mexico Mycological Society Annual Foray Taos, New Mexico, was really dry this August, but the New Mexico…
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