Archive for December, 2010
Four new YouTube videos have been posted at Fungal Visions, a site that collects and features videos about fungi (“Who needs viral videos when you can have fungal videos?”). These are on the BillNyeRulz channel although it is far from clear that Bill Nye has anything to do with them. I rather doubt it actually [...]
Tags: Fungal Visions, video, YouTube
The latest issue of National Geographic has a short but interesting article on the continuing crises haunting the population of hibernating bats. The article “Bat Crash” by David Quammen, and an accompanying photo gallery, is available online via the magazine website. The article webpage also offers a video of how photographer Stephen Alvarez photographed a [...]
Tags: bats, Geomyces destructans, National Geographic, white nose syndrome, WNS
A definite asexual or sexual reproductive cycle is usually a prerequisite for the success of a species. Mycelia sterilia have found a way to do without either. Fungi (a group that includes molds, mushrooms, yeasts, and perhaps some other organisms that don’t neatly fit into any particular category) have evolved various reproductive strategies. The majority [...]
Tags: mycelia sterilia, spores
