# fungi (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fungi. Page: Feed: --- ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. XII: The Trainee](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-xii-the-trainee) _2026-08-19 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ This is Chapter XII of Leviathan’s Huntress. ## [Calling sign](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/18/calling-sign/) _2026-08-18 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Orchids even before they germinate they are dependent on their symbiotic fungal partner. Their seeds lack the stored energy that seeds of other species have. Now Chinese researchers show that orchid seeds are not waiting for their fungus to arrive but actively entice them with signalling molecules doubling as carbon source. ## [Visitekaartje](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/18/visitekaartje/) _2026-08-18 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Orchideeën zijn al voor hun ontkieming afhankelijk van hun symbiotische schimmel partner. Hun zaden missen de opgeslagen energie die zaden van andere soorten wel hebben. Nu laten Chinese onderzoekers zien dat Orchideeën zaden niet wachten op de aankomst van hun schimmel, maar dat ze die actief lokken met signaalmoleculen die ook dienstdoen als een koolstofbron. ## [Wild strawberries audition as a future space crop](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/wild-strawberries-audition-as-a-future-space-crop/) _2026-08-14 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Wilder strawberries may be more suited to space missions than their highly-cultivated cousins. ## [North American Truffles: Identification & Edibility](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/north-american-truffles-id-edibility.html) _2026-08-13 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Most people think of Italy when they think of a truffle, but there are quite a few incredible edible truffle species in North America, too. Truffles aren't much to look at, they're like small lumpy potatoes buried in the dirt. But these aromatic little fungi balls are literal forest treasures. They can be hard to find because they're always underground, but with some training and the help of a… ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. XI: The Keener](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-xi-the-keener) _2026-08-12 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ Masks of hunters, faces of death. ## [Amethyst Deceiver: Identification, Lookalikes, and Edibility](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/amethyst-deceiver-id.html) _2026-08-11 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Finding the amethyst deceiver (Laccaria amethystina "complex") when it is young and bright purple is a treat. Unfortunately, it doesn't stay that vivid color as it gets older and is often overlooked because it is rather pale and bland-looking. Seeing a young one and an old one side by side, it is hard to believe they are the same mushroom. ## [Dead and Gone: Resurrection Plants in Space](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/dead-and-gone-resurrection-plants-in-space/) _2026-08-11 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ A few plants have evolved a trick to survive prolonged dessication, and that might prove useful in space. ## [Subtle nudges](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/11/subtle-nudges/) _2026-08-11 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Most of us know penicillin as an antibiotic. It is made by the soil dwelling Penicillin rubens fungus. Now this fungus has many brothers and sisters, some of which like to nestle themselves between the cells of roots. For the plant this is positive as colonized plants grow more roots. Now a new study by Spanish a Czech researchers shows that Penicillin melinii enhances root growth with subtle… ## [Subtiele duwtjes](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/11/subtiele-duwtjes/) _2026-08-11 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ De meeste van ons kennen penicilline als een antibiotica. Het wordt gemaakt door de in de grond levende Penicillin rubens schimmel. Nu heeft deze schimmel veel broertjes en zusjes, waarvan sommige ervan houden om zich te nestelen tussen de cellen van de wortel. Voor de plant is dit iets positiefs, gekoloniseerde planten groeien meer wortels. Nu laat een nieuwe studie door Spaanse en Tsjechische… ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v4g8TlksDEKd) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Refugia Newsletter #125](https://refugianewsletter.substack.com/p/refugia-newsletter-125) _2026-08-08 · Debra Rienstra · Refugia Newsletter_ Legal battles, clean energy milestones, battery tech explained, Yellowstone-to-Yukon conservation, Minnesota adventures, and one very large extinct beaver. ## [Mission Sprouts: Space Seeds for Australian Classrooms](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-sprouts-space-seeds-for-australian-classrooms/) _2026-08-07 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Australian schoolkids will be exploring how white clover seeds were changed by a trip to space. ## [Astronauts Get to Pick Their Own Space Garden](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/astronauts-get-to-pick-their-own-space-garden/) _2026-08-05 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Astronauts on the ISS are growing their own space gardens. ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. X: The Lancer](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-x-the-lancer) _2026-08-04 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ The greatest challenge the crew has faced yet. ## [Handiness in flowers](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/04/handiness-in-flowers/) _2026-08-04 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Twist to the left, twist to the right. Mirror image flowers place their male and female organs on opposite side of the flower midline, preventing self-fertilization. But to ensure pollination, it helps if half of the flowers of a species are oriented the opposite way. Now a group of international researchers report that how South African butterfly lily (Wachendorfia paniculata) ensures this is… ## [Handigheid in bloemen](https://plantenzo.net/2026/08/04/handigheid-in-bloemen/) _2026-08-04 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Draai naar links, Draai naar rechts. Spiegelbeeld bloemen plaatsen hun mannelijke en vrouwelijke organen aan tegenovergesteld zijde van de middenlijn om zelffertilisatie te voorkomen. Maar om bestuiving te bevorderen helpt het als de helft van de bloemen van een soort net andersom georiënteerd zijn. Nu rapporteert een groep internationale onderzoekers dat de Zuid Afrikaanse vlinder lelie… ## [One goal – three approaches](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/one-goal-three-approaches/) _2026-08-03 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Mangroves might not be the first plant that springs to mind for space agriculture, but at USF they're part of a multidisciplinary approach to growing plants in space. ## [Cosmic Cuisine: Plants for Space Releases a Recipe Book Grown from Real Research](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/cosmic-cuisine-plants-for-space-releases-a-recipe-book-grown-from-real-research/) _2026-07-31 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ To mark National Science Week, the Plants for Space (P4S) team has published a free 'space' cookbook inspired by space plants research. ## [🔫 Hy-five: Myco-Hackathon, ShroomSabha, Fungi Degrading Styroform, Extending Mushroom Shelflife, Deadliest Fungus on Earth](https://mycostories.substack.com/p/hy-five-myco-hackathon-shroomsabha) _2026-07-30 · MycoStories_ Sporadic round-up of mycological research and industry news. ## [Mission Report: 30 July 2026](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-30-july-2026/) _2026-07-30 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ My latest round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening incudes French space gardeners, Indian zero-g veg, Chinese space cranberries and a bumper crop in Antarctica! ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7B2pqQUMj5yX) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Mycoremediation: Can Fungi Be Used to Clean Up Pollution](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mycoremediation-fungi-clean-pollution.html) _2026-07-29 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Mycoremediation is the use of fungi to break down or remove pollution from soil, water, and air. It is being developed to use on petroleum, pesticides, industrial dyes, heavy metals, and a long list of other contaminants. Researchers have found that many wood-decaying fungi have the right chemical tools to break down pollutants. They work because a lot of industrial pollutants have a chemical… ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. IX: The Gammer](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-ix-the-gammer) _2026-07-29 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ Wherein a new weapon is introduced to the war. ## [De reparatie voeden](https://plantenzo.net/2026/07/28/de-reparatie-voeden/) _2026-07-28 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Planten helen zichzelf snel na verwonding. Deze ongeplande celdelingen en groei gaan gepaard met de vraag naar extra brandstof. Hoe planten ervoor zorgen dat de extra brandstof de wond bereikt is niet helemaal duidelijk. Nu laat een nieuwe paper van Israëlische onderzoekers zien dat alhoewel deze extra brandstof bij de wond in de vorm van sucrose aangeleverd wordt, het glucose is die de aan de… ## [Fuelling the repair](https://plantenzo.net/2026/07/28/fuelling-the-repair/) _2026-07-28 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ When plants are wounded, they quickly set to heal themselves. These unplanned cell divisions and growth require extra fuel. How the plant makes sure this fuel reaches the wound site is not clear. Now a new paper from Israeli scientists shows that while this extra fuel reaches the wound site in the form of sucrose, it is actually glucose that feeds the wound adjacent cells. ## [GotG69: Wine in Space](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/gotg69-wine-in-space/) _2026-07-28 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ To celebrate six years of Gardeners of the Galaxy, Emma the Space Gardener is raising a glass and looking into the history… and future… of wine in space. ## [Refugia Newsletter #124](https://refugianewsletter.substack.com/p/refugia-newsletter-124) _2026-07-25 · Debra Rienstra · Refugia Newsletter_ Canadian wildfires, heat wave myths, African solar growth, sodium-ion batteries, data center backlash, public opinion on climate, interfaith action, indigenous stewardship, and beehive microgrids ## [Scaber Stalk Boletes: Identification, Edibility, and Lookalikes](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/scaber-stalk-boletes.html) _2026-07-24 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ If you find a mushroom with a stem covered in tiny dark bumps, as if it rolled through ground pepper, it is almost always a scaber stalk bolete (Leccinum sp.). Those bumps are called scabers (hence the common name), and no other bolete genus has the same rough, speckled look covering the entirety of the \[ \] ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. VIII: The Stroke-Oarsman](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-viii-the-stroke) _2026-07-22 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ “You’re not prepared for the spermaceti. They’re a different beast.” ## [🎰 Hy-five: Kew 2026 Plant & Fungi Report, Mycelium Asphalt Binder, Scaling Specialty Mushrooms, MycoProtein for Longetivity](https://mycostories.substack.com/p/hy-five-kew-2026-plant-and-fungi) _2026-07-22 · MycoStories_ Sporadic round-up of mycological research and industry news. ## [What Happens When Veterans Grow Their Own Medicine](https://northspore.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-veterans-grow-their) _2026-07-21 · Jack Delli · North Spore | Media_ Inside Veteran Healing: the organization built by disabled veterans, for veterans, with no marketing budget and a dismissed federal case. ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OaOe5nZw4G1c) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Buffering genetic variation](https://plantenzo.net/2026/07/21/buffering-genetic-variation/) _2026-07-21 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Most genetic differences within species do not result in a phenotype. Instead, their effects are buffered away. One of the ways plants and other organisms do this is by providing help with protein folding, preventing misfolding. Now a group of Chinese scientists have found a potentially second way plants do this, via their spliceosome. ## [Genetische variatie bufferen](https://plantenzo.net/2026/07/21/genetische-variatie-bufferen/) _2026-07-21 · Femke de Jong · Plant en Zo_ Veel van de genetische verschillen binnen een soort resulteren niet in een fenotype. Hun effect wordt weg gebufferd. Een van de manieren hoe planten en andere organismen dit doen is door hulp te bieden bij eiwitvouwing om fout gevouwen eiwitten te voorkomen. Nu laat een groep van Chinese onderzoekers weten dat ze een mogelijke tweede manier hebben gevonden hoe planten dit doen, via hun… ## [Pioneer Plants Could Pave the Way for Space Tomatoes](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/pioneer-plants-could-pave-the-way-for-space-tomatoes/) _2026-07-20 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Turkish researchers have used pioneer plants to make regolith better for growing crops. ## [The Zombie's Hyperparasite: A New Predator for Cordyceps](https://northspore.substack.com/p/the-zombies-hyperparasite-a-new-predator) _2026-07-17 · Matt McInnis · North Spore | Media_ A newly identified fungus feeds on Cordyceps inside its host. ## [South African Tea Seeds Prepare for Launch](https://spacebotany.uk/blog/south-african-tea-seeds-prepare-for-launch/) _2026-07-16 · Emma Doughty · Space Botany_ Seeds from South Africa's rooibos tea plant will head to the International Space Station this October. ## [Leviathan's Huntress, Ch. VII: The Remnant](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/leviathans-huntress-ch-vii-the-remains) _2026-07-15 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ "The leviathan took someone I love. And I'm going to kill it." ## [🛸 Hy-five: MycoStories @ NYC Climate Week, Mushrooms Against Leukaemia, Food Waste to Mycelium Leather, Turkey Tail Low-Carbon Insulation, Beyond Meat Mycelium Steak](https://mycostories.substack.com/p/hy-five-mycostories-nyc-climate-week) _2026-07-15 · MycoStories_ Sporadic round-up of mycological research and industry news. ## [Coral Mushrooms: Ramaria in North America](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/coral-mushrooms-ramaria.html) _2026-07-14 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Coral mushrooms look like something that belongs in a tide pool. The fruiting body branches upward in dense clusters of fingers and forks, like the sea coral it is named for. These corals range in color from bone white to butter yellow to bright red. ## [Seeing Demons: Inside the Wild, Unpredictable High of Psilocybe baeocystis](https://northspore.substack.com/p/seeing-demons-inside-the-wild-unpredictable) _2026-07-11 · Nate K. Prime · North Spore | Media_ The chemistry says two compounds are responsible. ## [Refugia Newsletter #123](https://refugianewsletter.substack.com/p/refugia-newsletter-123) _2026-07-11 · Debra Rienstra · Refugia Newsletter_ Global heat monitoring, fossil fuel deceptions, carbon capture, a humming green economy, Reflecting Pool wetland, NYC urban forests, native gardens, the Kew plant/fungi database, and a honeybee haven ## [What would a change-the-world criticism look like?](https://justutopias.com/change-the-world-criticism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=change-the-world-criticism) _2026-07-10 · Sheryl M. Medlicott · Just Utopias_ Next week I m heading to the Current Research in Speculative Fiction 2026 conference to talk about change-the-world literary criticism. I got the idea of change-the-world criticism from an open letter Nisi Shawl wrote to Octavia E. Butler. The letter was written on the occasion of the publication of Shawl s novel Everfair, several years after Butler s Continue reading What would a change-the-world… ## [🧊 Hy-five: Lion's Mane Human Trial, Fungal Carbon-Credits, Psyclobin Gabapentin Boost, Cheaper Animal Feed, Self-Sustaining Light.](https://mycostories.substack.com/p/hy-five-lions-mane-human-trial-fungal) _2026-07-09 · MycoStories_ Sporadic round-up of mycological research and industry news. ## [The Enzyme Behind Bioluminescent Mushrooms' Self-Sustaining Glow](https://northspore.substack.com/p/the-enzyme-behind-bioluminescent) _2026-07-07 · Matt McInnis · North Spore | Media_ Scientists just closed an eight-year mystery about how bioluminescent fungi recycle their own light ## [10 Urban Mushrooms You Can Find in a City Park or Backyard](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/10-urban-mushrooms.html) _2026-07-07 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ You don’t always have to go out to the forest to find a mushroom; there are tons of urban mushrooms. Mushrooms grow in many places, including mowed lawns, wood chip paths, a mulched flower bed, a potted houseplant, on trees along streets, and in public parks. Many types of mushrooms can grow within a short walk of the front door, and some of them are even edible, too. ## [Plums and Custard Mushroom: Identification, Edibility, and Lookalikes](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/plums-and-custard-mushrom.html) _2026-07-03 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Plums and custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans) sounds like an edible mushroom, but unfortunately it is not. It is way too bitter to be enjoyable. It is a beautiful mushroom, though, and a lot of fun to see. The cap is bright yellow and covered in a dense coat of tiny purple-red scales, and the gills underneath \[ \] ## [These Mushrooms Grow In Unusual Places](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/these-mushrooms-grow-in-unusual-places.html) _2026-06-30 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ A bunch of fungi species grow in some very unusual places. There are mushrooms that grow in horse dung, burned ground, the caps of other mushrooms, buried pine cones, and dead insects. ## [Refugia Newsletter #122](https://refugianewsletter.substack.com/p/refugia-newsletter-122) _2026-06-27 · Debra Rienstra · Refugia Newsletter_ Project Cosmos, solar over coal, Australia's free power, grid batteries, legal wins, coral refugia, climate communication, mangroves, Iowa green churches, and piping plover love ## [Mushrooms That Stain or Change Color When Cut or Bruised, and Why](https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mushrooms-that-stain-or-change-color.html) _2026-06-24 · Jenny · Mushroom Appreciation_ Some mushrooms change color when you press on their flesh or cut the stem or gills. The colors range all the way from blue to yellow, red, and black. The cornflower bolete turns deep blue, while the yellow stainer turns chrome yellow, and a milk cap can bleed blue or red juice from a single \[ \] ## [A Measure of Luck](https://iandunmore.substack.com/p/a-measure-of-luck) _2026-06-24 · Ian Dunmore · Dunmore Dispatch_ Two alchemists, a cursed lake, and a chalice of liquid luck. ## [🗺️ Hy-five: Recycled Insulation, Lunar Agriculture, Animal Feed, Fungal Network Map, Fermotein EU Approval](https://mycostories.substack.com/p/hy-five-recycled-insulation-lunar) _2026-06-24 · MycoStories_ Sporadic round-up of mycological research and industry news.