Archive for 2007
Aspergillus niger: Sudden Popularity?
Ok, who can tell me more about Aspergillus niger (fungus)? I’ve read three stories this week where this fungus is being used for everything from blood substitutes to biofuel to therapeutic drugs like vaccines. From the last article:
Efforts to use this filamentous fungus to produce pure and industrial quantities of medicines commercially have always run […]
Chiapas Foray Adventure 2007
For autumn 2007, Mexican Mushrooms’ tour base will be the exotic, colorful, archeology-laden southernmost state of Chiapas, with diverse fungi habitats and a bountiful variety of mushrooms in beautiful locations.
From tropical jungle to cool pine cloud forest, lakeside woods, awesome pre-hispanic ruins, roaring waterfalls, tradition-bound indigenous villages and even cosmopolitan colonial towns - This remarkable […]
Commercial Morels?
Ok - I’m going to post this press release, and I’d love to hear some comments. I’d like even more to hear from anyone who wants to pump £39.95 into a purchase to give this product a shot:
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If you have ever been on a foray for mushrooms, you’ll understand the trials and tribulations in finding […]
Paper Mushrooms
Many folks integrate their interests rather than keep them separate (like eating chocolate while watching the stock market plummet). One man, Vincent Floderer, has combined his interest in biology with his skills in folding paper. His completed mushroom paper sculptures that were built from a single sheet of paper led to an invitation to provide […]
Wild Mushroom Festival Gearing UP
Above: The Culinary Community of the Long Beach Peninsula. Photo by Nancy Campiche, Campiche Studios.
The Long Beach Peninsula (Washington) annual Wild Mushroom Festival kicks off on October 15 and runs through the end of the month. As part of the festival, participating restaurants, inns and bed and breakfast establishments will offer daily wild mushroom specials. […]
Mr. Morel Goes Hunting
Bill and Tim, two brothers from Southern Illinois, collectively have over 70 years experience hunting the great outdoors. Their passion for hunting does not stop with the traditional hunting and fishing, they also enjoy searching beautiful scenery each spring for the wild sponge morels.
At some point, Bill and Tim decided that the morel provided excellent […]
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