Category Archives: A Fungus Among Us

16th Street NOMS

Posted on July 25, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on 8th Street, between S and T, Shaw, D.C.:

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Now We Will Lose Fungal Resources: The Infrastructure Hits Just Keep Coming

Posted on February 13, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

The next time you hear someone talk about how important science is, you might want to remind them that you get what you pay for (boldface mine): This morning brought another piece of bad news. This concerns a valuable resource … Continue reading →

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Toothpaste Company, Get Thee to a Mycologist

Posted on December 16, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

While I’m sure companies spend a lot of time devising (and divining) brand names, someone really screwed this Swiss toothpaste brand up: (from here) Candida. The mind boggles.

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Mushrooms

Posted on October 9, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed in Cambridge, MA:

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A Humongous Fungus Among Us in the Public Garden

Posted on August 7, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, it’s really a lichen, an algal-fungal symbiont, but you try making stupid rhymes with “algal-fungal symbiont.” At a distance, I first thought this was bird crap that hadn’t been cleaned off, but when I got closer…lichens: Kudos to Boston … Continue reading →

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Be Very, Very Quiet, I’m Hunting…

Posted on June 29, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

…elm bark beetles. Observed at the corner of Exeter Street and Commonwealth Ave.: According to the Boston Parks Department: The traps consist of 18.5″x 28″ green plywood boxes mounted approximately 15 feet off the ground on trees located at least … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms, Not Especially Wild

Posted on January 26, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Charles Street, Beacon Hill, Boston:

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In Boston, A Humongous Fungus Among Us

Posted on June 22, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, it was cool and rainy, which is perfect fungus weather. That led to this fungus, at the corner of Darmouth and Marlborough Streets, shooting up over a two day period: Just to give you some idea of scale, … Continue reading →

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Is the Microbiome Being Driven by the Right Biologists?

Posted on December 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Decoding the human microbiome will be easy…except for…oh crap.
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Chloramphenicol, Frogs…and Bacterial Endosymbionts?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

A possible way to cure the devastating fungal infections that are wiping out frog populations–and also a hint at a possible mechanism of how the fungus kills frogs.
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