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The Year in Fungi
- krylon 11y agoI have to admit I was quite skeptical when I clicked on the link, but this was a pretty interesting read.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoI started finding fungi fascinating after watching this, perhaps you'll like it too: http://youtu.be/XI5frPV58tY http://youtu.be/XI5frPV58tY
- biot 11y agoSame here. Its potential for both cleaning up waste and as an antibiotic is impressive! For those who want to watch in better quality than 240p: http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_ca...
- robinsloan 11y agoEverything Nicola Twilley writes is fantastic -- definitely a byline worth following. Twilley classic => http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/twilley.php http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/twilley.php
- Alex3917 11y agoNot included, but interesting, is the fact that wild shiitake were found in New England for the first time: https://mycosymbiotics.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/wild-shiitake-found-in-new-england/ https://mycosymbiotics.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/wild-shiitak...
- UshZilla 11y agoI'm so happy. My little sis is an o-chem major and OBSESSED with fungi, this will be a fun link to send her way, thanks for this completely oddball post!
- dnautics 11y agoIs crispr actually used for fungal genome editing? It seems like TAR cloning would be much easier.
- brahmwg 11y agoFungi are incredible. Check out this post about how mycelial networks act as an organic internet for plant species to communicate. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden...
- contingencies 11y agoIn the summer I was poking about Europe with my wife and daughter with the idea of potentially moving there. While in southern France we were struck with the rather poor selection, relative to both China and France's elevated status in global culinary circles[0], of readily commercially available fungi species. After encountering an abandoned sawmill outside of Toulouse I set out on a few day thought experiment to determine ballpark figures on setting up a commercial mushroom farm, which in turn caused me to email some leading robotics-related professors who had published recent papers on picking-type robots. I explained the relatively unique situation we were in with respect to capacity to select species (to some extent), facility site, process and layout to enable automation. Their answer? Nothing yet flying too well. Apparently, the simple task of snipping mushrooms off substrate blocks is too difficult for mainstream AI. While I am now back in China enjoying a much wider range of mushrooms (two reishi on my bookshelf) and a new hobby of orchid-gardening[1], do get in touch if you're potentially interested in co-exploring/co-investing in research for this space. I also have an interest in developing automated offshore seaweed farming. [0] For example a book I read yesterday espoused the view that there are really only three globally significant cuisines: Anatolian, Chinese and French. [1] Commercially useful for fragrance industry plus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron for example.