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the
scaly hedgehog
(pictured)
is actually a species of brown
mushroom
found in
spruce
forests and used to
dye
wool
in
Norway
?
the
hexagonal-pored polypore
mushroom
produces the
antifungal
polypeptide
alveolarin?
the
orange webcap
mushroom
(pictured)
can
bioaccumulate
the toxic element
mercury
?
the
king stropharia
, a prized edible
mushroom
, develops spiny
cells
which kill
nematodes
?
the
soapy knight
is actually a
mushroom
, so named because of its strong smell of
soap
?
the brittlegill
mushroom
Russula betularum
grows under
birch
, while the closely related
Russula emetica
is found under
conifers
?
the bright red
mushroom
Hygrocybe miniata
is found in
rainforest
and
eucalypt
forest in
Australia
and
meadows
in
Europe
and
North America
?
the bitter and inedible
mushroom
Russula fellea
(pictured)
smells of
geraniums
or
apple sauce
?
the
pinwheel Marasmius
(pictured)
releases its
spores
in response to rain, rather than
circadian rhythm
like other
mushrooms
?
the
Orange-girdled Parasol
mushroom
has an odor that has been described as similar to
rubber
or cut metal?
the
Candy cap
mushroom
species
Lactarius camphoratus
has been used as part of a pipe
tobacco
mix?
the
specific epithet
of the
mushroom
species
Crepidotus versutus
is derived from the
Latin
word meaning "clever"?
the
cap
surface of the
mushroom
Strobilomyces foveatus
(pictured)
is covered with scales, while the
spore
surface is covered with spines?
the
Saffron Parasol
is actually a small orange
mushroom
found throughout
temperate
regions of
Europe
and
North America
?
the
branched shanklet
is a
mushroom
that grows on the decomposing remains of other mushrooms?
the
fluted black elfin saddle
is actually a
mushroom
that appears in woodlands and lawns in North America and Europe?
the
mosaic puffball
mushroom
(pictured)
can
bioaccumulate
the
trace metals
copper
and
zinc
?
the buff and yellow
mushrooms
(
fruiting bodies
) of the
fungus
Boletus radicans
(pictured)
can reach 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter?
the cuticle of the
mushroom
Agaricus arorae
, which was first described in
Santa Cruz County, California
, turns
yellow
in
potassium hydroxide
when cut?
the red-purple coloured inedible
mushroom
Russula sardonia
has a hot peppery taste?
the red
mushroom
Russula sanguinaria
, known as the "bloody brittlegill", smells fruity but is hot tasting?
the pink
mushroom
Gomphidius roseus
appears to be
parasitic
on the related
Suillus bovinus
?
the slimy spike-cap
mushroom
Gomphidius glutinosus
is edible and useful for
soups
and
stews
once the layer of slime is removed?
the small bright-blue
mushroom
Entoloma hochstetteri
is featured on the reverse side of the
New Zealand $50 bank note
?
though the
mushroom
Lactarius subdulcis
(pictured)
is considered
edible
, it has a taste similar to
ivy
?
the yellow-green
mushroom
Entoloma rodwayi
of wet forests in
Tasmania
turns a vivid blue-green upon drying?
the widely consumed
porcini
mushroom
is often confused with the
fungus
Boletus pinophilus
(pictured)
?
the odour of the poisonous
mushroom
Inocybe geophylla
has been likened to
semen
?
the odor of the North American
mushroom
species
carrot-foot Amanita
(pictured)
has been compared to an old
ham
bone, while the related
gunpowder Lepidella
smells of
bleaching powder
?
the deceiver
mushroom
Laccaria laccata
(pictured)
, initially described by the
Tyrolian
naturalist
Scopoli
, is a traditional food of the
Zapotec
of
Oaxaca
?
the deadly
mushroom
Clitocybe dealbata
is known as the "sweating mushroom" because this is a striking side effect of consuming it?
the dark purple-brown
mushroom
Russula caerulea
is edible and mild-tasting, although the
cap
skin is bitter if chewed?
the edible
mushroom
Russula xerampelina
(pictured)
has a taste and smell reminiscent of
shellfish
or
crab
?
the exposed flesh of the
mushroom
Boletus amygdalinus
(pictured)
will immediately turn blue when cut?
the name of the
mushroom
Amanita echinocephala
(pictured)
means "
hedgehog
-head" in
Ancient Greek
, referring to its spiny, or warty-looking
cap
?
the name
teonanácatl
, referring to a sacred
mushroom
of the
Aztecs
, translates to "the flesh of
God
"?
the
mushrooms
Boletus zelleri
,
B. mirabilis
,
Suillus americanus
,
S. brevipes
,
S. lakei
, and
Leccinum manzanitae
are all examples of
edible
boletes
?
the
mushroom
Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus
has been described as "beautiful, but bitter-tasting"?
a specimen of
Australia
's largest
mushroom
Phlebopus marginatus
from Western
Victoria
weighed in at 29 kg, and caps can sometimes reach 1 metre across?
a species of
mushroom
in the genus
Phlebopus
can attain
cap
diameters of up to 1 meter (3.3 ft)?
Tricholoma ustaloides
(pictured)
, generally considered an inedible species of
mushroom
, is consumed by inhabitants of some
Mexican
communities?
although it produces its
spores
on
gills
, the
mushroom
Panus conchatus
(pictured)
is more closely related to
species with pores
?
although the
mushroom
Russula delica
(pictured)
is technically edible, its smell of fish or bugs and acrid taste make it fairly poor fare?
despite having a
Ph.D.
and being a foremost North American authority on the difficult
mushroom
genera
Lactarius
and
Russula
,
Gertrude S. Burlingham
only ever taught high school
biology
?
consumption of the
psychoactive
mushroom
Psilocybe argentipes
by mice who compulsively bury marbles significantly inhibits this behaviour?
consuming the
elfin saddle
mushroom
would result in the harmful formation of
monomethylhydrazine
, a component of
rocket fuel
, in your body?
Spinellus fusiger
is a
pin mold
that
parasitizes
several species of
mushrooms
?
Leucopaxillus albissimus
, one of the larger
mushrooms
in the
San Francisco Bay Area
, has a
fruiting body
unusually resistant to decay?
Chroogomphus
(pictured)
is an edible
mushroom
that grows as a
parasite
on other
fungi
in
pine
forests?
mushroom
species
Mycena haematopus
(pictured)
, also known as the "Bleeding Mycena", oozes a red
latex
when cut?
white kimchi
,
Shiitake
mushrooms
, and
rice cakes
made with
mung beans
are elements of
Korean temple cuisine
(pictured)
?
Nippon Steel Corporation
, the
Japanese
steelmaking
giant, once ventured into
mushroom
cultivation in an earnest bid to avoid
layoffs
?
Boletus calopus
, a European
mushroom
, derives its scientific name from the
Ancient Greek
for "pretty foot," referring to its attractive stalk?
Disciotis venosa
,
Hygrophorus subalpinus
,
Mycena overholtsii
,
Plectania nannfeldtii
,
Ramaria botrytis
, and
Clitocybe glacialis
(pictured)
are all
mushrooms
that grow in or near snowbanks?
Cortinarius semisanguineus
, whose common name is "Surprise Webcap", is a
mushroom
that smells of
radishes
?
despite its fishy smell,
Lactarius volemus
is considered a choice
mushroom
for eating?
phylogenetic relationships between the
mushroom
Bovista nigrescens
and species of
Lycoperdaceae
were established based on
ITS
and
LSU
sequence data from north European
taxa
?
the
mushroom
Cystodermella cinnabarina
can only be distinguished from similar
fungi
by performing
chemical tests
and
microscopic
analysis of
spores
,
basidia
and
cystidia
?
the
mushroom
Cortinarius triumphans
(pictured)
has a cap which is slimy in wet weather and sticky in dry?
the
mushroom
Cortinarius archeri
is featured on the cover of the book
Fungi of Southern Australia
?
the
mushroom
Entoloma austroprunicolor
of
Tasmania
's wet forests changes from bluish-purple, to reddish purple, to purplish grey as it ages?
the
mushroom
Lactarius glyciosmus
smells strongly of
coconuts
?
the
mushroom
Russula integra
is a popular food in
Northern Europe
?
the
mushroom
Laetiporus sulphureus
is a good substitute for
chicken
?
the
mushroom
Lactarius rubrilacteus
is also known as the "
Bleeding
milkcap
" because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut?
the
mushroom
fire-milk Lactarius
is so named because of its acrid taste?
the
waxcap
mushroom
Hygrocybe austropratensis
(pictured)
has been declared an
endangered species
by the
Government of New South Wales
?
species from the underground-dwelling
mushroom
genus
Gautieria
are the preferred food source of the
Northern flying squirrel
?
several species in the
mushroom
order
Pezizales
, such as
Geopyxis carbonaria
(pictured)
,
Peziza violacea
,
Peziza praetervisa
, and
Rhizina undulata
, grow on burned-over ground?
royal
favourites
were often compared to
mushrooms
, as they sprang up overnight, and grew in
excrement
?
the "
Devil's Cigar
" is a
mushroom
found only in
Texas
and
Japan
?
the
agaric
mushroom
species
Agaricus benesii
is found under the pines of
Monterey Cypress
trees and bruises pinkish-red when injured?
the
hallucinogenic
mushroom
Psilocybe naematoliformis
(pictured)
was first discovered in a
tropical rain forest
in the
Uxpanapa
Region of
Veracruz
, in southeastern
Mexico
?
the
fungus
Hypomyces tremellicola
is a
parasite
that deforms the
cap
of the
mushroom
Crepidotus mollis
?
"Pink Fairhead" is a common name for
Calocybe carnea
, a small pink
mushroom
of grassy areas in
Europe
and
North America
?
Facts on topics related to Mushroom
Fungus
"bleeding tooth fungus" is a member of the woody toothed
fungus
genus
Hydnellum
(example pictured)
?
"little white", a mushroom in the
fungal
genus
Trogia
, has been implicated in the deaths of about 400 people in
Yunnan
, China?
"pig's ears",
fungal
species
Gomphus clavatus
, are the only
Gomphus
species in North America?
fungus
Tricholoma pardinum
(pictured)
was responsible for over 20% of cases of
mushroom poisoning
in
Switzerland
in the first half of the 20th century?
Scleroderris canker
is a
fungal
disease among
coniferous
trees, sometimes spread by imported
Christmas trees
, that can kill an entire forest within a few years?
Banksiamyces
are
fungi
that grow on the dead
"cones"
of
Banksia
species?
Cystoderma carcharias
is considered an inedible
fungus
because of an unpleasant odor attributable to the presence of
geosmin
?
Ornatifilum
is likely to be the oldest known
fossil
fungus
?
English
mycologist
and
plant pathologist
R.W.G. Dennis
has 40
fungal
species named after him?
because he misidentified the
stalked lattice stinkhorn
fungus
(pictured)
as a new
species
, George Atkinson was ridiculed in print by fellow
mycologist
Curtis Gates Lloyd
?
Edible mushroom
a Maginot Line fortification
became a
mushroom
farm after it was deactivated in 1972?
Hygrocybe coccinea
(pictured)
is a bright red
edible mushroom
that grows in the
grasslands
of Europe and under
Rhododendron
in
Nepal
?
Lactarius blennius
has been described by various
mycologists
as
edible
, inedible and even
poisonous
?
the
edible mushroom
swamp yellow brittlegill
(pictured)
has a fruity smell?
the
edible mushroom
Agaricus abruptibulbus
grows better in the presence of the normally toxic element
cadmium
?
the
edible mushroom
Boletus barrowsii
is popular with
maggots
, who often beat
mushroomers
to their goal?
the
edible mushroom
Hygrophorus agathosmus
smells like
almonds
?
the
edible mushroom
Marasmius alliaceus
tastes and smells like
garlic
?
the
fungus
family
Tremellaceae
includes both commercially cultivated
edible
species as well as
yeast
-like human pathogens?
the
mushrooms
Boletus zelleri
,
B. mirabilis
,
Suillus americanus
,
S. brevipes
,
S. lakei
, and
Leccinum manzanitae
are all examples of
edible
boletes
?
Agaricus bisporus
the highly toxic all-white
toadstool
Amanita virosa
, one of several species known as the
destroying angel
, can be confused with the
common mushroom
when young?
when immature, the "death angel" fungus,
Amanita ocreata
, closely resembles an
edible mushroom
?
Hypha
Aliquandostipitaceae
members have the widest
hyphae
in the
Ascomycetes
?
some members of the
fungal
family
Orbiliaceae
can lasso
nematodes
using outgrowths of their
hyphae
?
the scales of the
flaming Pholiota
are easily sloughed off due to the gelatinous
hyphae
that make up the
cap
surface?
Microbiology
Canadian
microbiologist
John Dick
was the first to isolate and identify a
cancer stem cell
?
soil conservation
was first practiced by the
Phoenicians
, and today it embraces disciplines such as
hydrology
,
microbiology
and
soil
chemistry
research?
the water managed by the
Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company
of
London
was once described by a
microbiologist
as "the most disgusting I have ever examined"?
Amanita muscaria
the
yellow wart
(pictured)
is often confused with the
fly agaric
?
Mushroom hunting
the
edible mushroom
Boletus barrowsii
is popular with
maggots
, who often beat
mushroomers
to their goal?
the appearance of the
decorated Pholiota
(pictured)
at a 1994 North Carolina
mushroom foray
led to its re-
classification
two years later?
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