“There is a low mist in the woods. It is a good day to study lichens,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in his journal on the last day of 1851. To tell the truth, any day is a good day to study lichens, as Thoreau would have acknowledged.
Articles with Fungi
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The fruiting bodies of Lycogala epidendrum • Photo by Benny Mazur (CC BY 2.0)
To Peattie, nature was the miracle
Donald Culross Peattie was a different sort of nature writer.
Cedar-apple rust • Amy Manjon (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Borne on a sea of vital dust
“Vital dust.” That’s what Nobel Prize-winning biologist Christian de Duve titles his book on the origin and evolution of life.
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The skulking grave robbers of fall
A fabulous autumn for mushrooms. More mushrooms than I can ever remember, particularly impressive after last year’s drought. In the woods, the meadows, the garden paths. A Halloween bounty of fungal spooks, eating the detritus of summer.