State of the World's Fungi 2018

[Ethan A.]

If you find Fungi as interesting as I do, you’ll enjoy this State of the World’s Fungi 2018 report:

Did you know that given their cell wall, digestion and food storage and DNA, they are closer to animals than plants? That they play a key role in global cycling of nutrients, carbon lock up, fighting desertification, drugs including statins and antibiotics, biofuel synthesis and bioremediation of the environment, not to mention cheese-making?

[Ralph Burgess]

The largest living thing on earth is hiding underground in the Oregon mountains.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism-in-the-world

[Steofan M]

Nice reads, thanks for posting!

 

[Bruce Tolley]

Since Yeasts are also part of the Kingdom Fungi, can we also give credit to Fungi for beer and bread??

 

[Steofan M]

Bruce, I’m lichen the way you think (symbiotically, though)!

[Bruce Tolley]

Which came first, beer or bread? Evidence of a 13,000 year old brewery found in Israel.

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6963-180912israel-beer-brewing

Having experience making both, I think beer is easier so I would argue that beer came first.

Yes, thread drift from the behavior of trees in forests.

[Ethan A.]

Ralph that’s interesting – I’ve read of various fungi over time that were supposed to be largest organisms, they all seemed to be located in the PNW.

Bruce I caught that archaeology story, quite a find by the Stanford team. Beer and wine had great importance in ancient and medieval times not just in ceremony but also as safe water sources.

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