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FUNGI FACTS
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A quick guide for those not knowledgeable about fungi:
Fungus: A large group of plants that live off organic matter instead
of producing food through photosynthesis. The plural is fungi.
Included are mushrooms, mildews and molds.
Mushroom: Though characterized by a stalk capped with a dome-s...
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Capturing fungi.(Editorial)
PSA Journal
; I have long been fascinated by fungi and over the years have photographed many particularly interesting specimens in my treks through the woods. But it was only a few years ago, at a local photo club outing, that I began to take an even greater interest in these curious life forms. The reason? The
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RETURN OF THE FUNGI Conditions just right for great mushroom season
The Gazette
; Pity the wildflower. It tries to impress with its command of the color palette, choosing from memorable pinks, romantic lavenders and riotous yellows. But compared to the amanita muscaria, the average wildflower is, well, average. Now, the Amanita muscaria -- there's a flower. Thick-stalked and
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Science at Hogwarts.(studying fungi)
Science and Children
; Byline: Tisha Beaton Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone aloud to my sixth-grade students inspired me to create a mathematics activity based on budgeting for school supplies for Hogwarts School. In that lesson, each student was assigned a name from the Hogwarts School roster and allotted
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Learning deep, dark secrets of fungi
The Boston Globe
; Steve Hatch's Garden Pathways column will alternate with Ruth Foster's gardening column. Shiitakes, maitakes, giant morels. Watery soft rot, corn smut, apple scab. Yum. Gourmet mushrooms, plant diseases -- fungi one and all. Fungi -- which include mushrooms, toadstools, molds and mildews among
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Digging deep, dark secrets of fungi
The Boston Globe
; Steve Hatch's Garden Pathways column will alternate with Ruth Foster's gardening column. Shiitakes, maitakes, giant morels. Watery soft rot, corn smut, apple scab. Yum. Gourmet mushrooms, plant diseases -- fungi one and all. Fungi -- which include mushrooms, toadstools, molds and mildews among
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