“taxonomy is the theory and practice of classifying organisms” – American evolutionist Ernst Mayr Using Encyclopedia of Britannica’s page on Taxonomy as a reference;The current taxonomic system now has eight levels in its hierarchy, from lowest to highest, they are: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. Thus species are grouped within genera, genera are […]
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Many people out there enjoy puff ball mushrooms for the fact that you can squeeze them and push out spores. For instance this user Imants Berzins on Youtube shows how fun and delightful it could be in slow motion; However, caution should be taken to not breathe in the spores. As it turns out, fungi
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Fungi are great cleaners of the environment, there are many types that can eat almost everything from biomass to rocks, to even plastic. Some fungi can even eat metal like Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ssp.). Fungi can be used as a sort of filtration for the land to help detoxify the land of heavy metals. For
Research lead by Nathan Stewart at Ballhorn Lab of PSU and funded by Portland State, Oregon Mycological Society, Puget Sound Mycological Society, and National Science Foundation leads to very promising preliminary findings. It’s growing more common knowledge that Bacteria is integral to most life on earth, found on and in humans, plants, and animals. But did you
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Obligate symbionts (or Primary symbionts) are essential for their hosts’ survival and reproduction. They tend to supplement the hosts’ diet with amino acids or vitamins that are rare or absent in the food source. –Source There has been research to find Bacterial Obligate Symbionts in Insects, and there are also findings for Obligate symbionts in
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The Podcast Science Knights, where Scientists are dubbed knights for their work in the battle and pursuit of knowledge, has a nice episode on fungi. They touch base on the Mycelial Networks in Forests and Desert environments and mention about rock erosion and breakdown through Lichen. “Join the knights as they explore the otherworldly universe
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In terms of fungi, Epigeous means that the fruiting body fruits above the ground, think traditional mushrooms with mushrooms that grow above the ground. The Prefix ‘Epi-‘ means ‘above’ and the suffix ‘geous’ relates to ‘geo’ meaning ‘earth’. So ‘Epi-geos’ is ‘Above the earth’. Hypogeous means that the fruiting body fruits below the ground, this
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Micro-organisms have developed several communication platforms within the cells to allow for adaptation of surrounding environmental changes. This includes cell-to-cell communication termed ‘Quorum sensing’. Using gene regulation and internal mechanisms of the cell, a cell can release specific chemical signals or markers that affect and interact with other cells. This communication was discovered first in
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Myco Wizards You can find them on Youtube, Spotify, and their website, buzzsprout and Cap N’ Stem’s website. Eric Lowen of Maine Cap N’ Stem talks some sweet jazz with other interesting people well connected in the fungi farming industry from all over. This is a great podcast for looking into the Business-2-Business, learning some
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Mushroom Culture based in the UK -has a great article that talks about different benefits and bioactive ingredients from Mycelium and the Fruiting Body. For instance, Lion’s Mane’s Fruiting body has hericenones that can stimulate the Brain’s Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). At the same time, Lion’s Mane Mycelium has erinacines which are not found in
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