Have the calls for social distancing in response to COVID-19 left you with cabin fever? Got squirrely kids? Here’s an activity that is timely, safe and fun. The goal is to see how many species of plants, animals and fungi you and your neighbors can record in your neighborhood.
There is a question that I often consider as I hike: how much has the mycoflora of Philadelphia changed in the past century? That can be a hard question to answer, as historical fungal records of the region are sparse.
When I signed up to co-lead the New York Mycological Society’s interactions with the North American Mycoflora Project I didn’t quite realize what I had signed up for.
2019 Feb 20
it’s mid-february
valentine’s reds and pinks
have come and gone ...
This Blog is based on 14 months of email discussions following the discovery in Washington State of a new North American record for a species tentatively identified as the European Hygrocybe phaeococcinea discovered by Jen Chandler and pursued by Eric Chandler and Steve Ness (members of the Puget Sound Hygrophoraceae Project) of the North American Mycoflora Project (NAMP).
If you don’t know who the Kardashians are, then you’re probably a happy mycologist who spends days and nights in the woods.
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