Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
Chorioactis geaster is a rare gasteromycete apparently found in only Texas and Japan (go figure). Forrest Mims is a Texas-based science writer interested in this unusual fungus and his article Texas Star fungus a rare, wonderful sight provides an update. In 1998, my wife Minnie saw one of the rarest sights in all of Texas [...]
Tags: Chorioactis geaster, Forrest Mims, Japan, Texas
I wanted to point out Japanese Judo Industry Devastated by Contagious Skin Fungus by David Gutierrez last week but didn’t get a chance before my camping trip. According to the article: The All Japan Judo Federation is sounding a warning that an epidemic of a skin- and hair-affecting fungus may ruin the traditional Japanese martial [...]
Tags: Japan, judo, skin fungus, Trichophyton
