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#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

“ for environmental restoration… “sporeprints” create photonegative imprints of a shroom’s underside … language affects the way we view fungi – why does love bloom, but crime mushrooms? “

(Note 2million + species* / 205,000 identified )

My my #mycelium - mycologists https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/jul/13/mushroom-trip-a-mycologists-tour-of-the-tarkine

Humongous #Fungus
“ Armillaria ostoyae covers 2,385 acres” in #Oregon
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/humongous-fungus-armillaria-ostoyae/

* https://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/State-of-the-World-s-Plants-and-Fungi-2026.pdf

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal #mapping https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/11/arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungi-plant-life-climate-global-mapping-study

#photography #Tarkine

“ for environmental restoration… “sporeprints” create photonegative imprints of a shroom’s underside … language affects the way we view fungi – why does love bloom, but crime mushrooms? “

(Note 2million + species* / 205,000 identified )

My my #mycelium - mycologists https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/jul/13/mushroom-trip-a-mycologists-tour-of-the-tarkine

Humongous #Fungus
“ Armillaria ostoyae covers 2,385 acres” in #Oregon
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/humongous-fungus-armillaria-ostoyae/

* https://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/State-of-the-World-s-Plants-and-Fungi-2026.pdf

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal #mapping https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/11/arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungi-plant-life-climate-global-mapping-study

#photography #Tarkine

Printing Fungal Art with Laser Control

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/printing-fungal-art-with-laser-control/

Printing Fungal Art with Laser Control

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/printing-fungal-art-with-laser-control/

Printing Fungal Art with Laser Control

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/printing-fungal-art-with-laser-control/

Printing Fungal Art with Laser Control

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/printing-fungal-art-with-laser-control/

Printing Fungal Art with Laser Control

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/printing-fungal-art-with-laser-control/

Neat fungus growing in the underbrush among California's redwoods.

📷 Nikon D70s / Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 / September 2009

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/4443515457/

#photography #nikon #d70s #nikkor #24mmf28 #fungus

Neat fungus growing in the underbrush among California's redwoods.

📷 Nikon D70s / Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 / September 2009

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/4443515457/

#photography #nikon #d70s #nikkor #24mmf28 #fungus

A Spiny Sugar Ant (genus Polyrhachis) infected by a fungus spotted at Rifle Range Nature Park, Singapore on 29 June 2025. Always exciting to spot these in the wild.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293672657 ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Ants #Formicidae #Fungus

*Edit for hashtag*
Found in the #Forest - Not #Fungus but #SlimeMold on a mossy mound. I'm guessing scat related
#SlimeMoldSaturday

*Edit for hashtag*
Found in the #Forest - Not #Fungus but #SlimeMold on a mossy mound. I'm guessing scat related
#SlimeMoldSaturday

The article linked here is about the #blackcolored #fungus #Cladosporium #sphaerospermum, one of several species found to thrive in the #radioactive environment of #Chernobyl. Experiments in space have demonstrated that the fungus is not particularly sensitive to #cosmicradiation; however, the hypothesis of energy-generating #radiosynthesis is not yet sufficiently substantiated.
©#StefanFWirth

Reference
M. Starr (2026):
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Photo
By Medmyco,2005, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

The article linked here is about the #blackcolored #fungus #Cladosporium #sphaerospermum, one of several species found to thrive in the #radioactive environment of #Chernobyl. Experiments in space have demonstrated that the fungus is not particularly sensitive to #cosmicradiation; however, the hypothesis of energy-generating #radiosynthesis is not yet sufficiently substantiated.
©#StefanFWirth

Reference
M. Starr (2026):
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Photo
By Medmyco,2005, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

The article linked here is about the #blackcolored #fungus #Cladosporium #sphaerospermum, one of several species found to thrive in the #radioactive environment of #Chernobyl. Experiments in space have demonstrated that the fungus is not particularly sensitive to #cosmicradiation; however, the hypothesis of energy-generating #radiosynthesis is not yet sufficiently substantiated.
©#StefanFWirth

Reference
M. Starr (2026):
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Photo
By Medmyco,2005, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

The article linked here is about the #blackcolored #fungus #Cladosporium #sphaerospermum, one of several species found to thrive in the #radioactive environment of #Chernobyl. Experiments in space have demonstrated that the fungus is not particularly sensitive to #cosmicradiation; however, the hypothesis of energy-generating #radiosynthesis is not yet sufficiently substantiated.
©#StefanFWirth

Reference
M. Starr (2026):
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Photo
By Medmyco,2005, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

The article linked here is about the #blackcolored #fungus #Cladosporium #sphaerospermum, one of several species found to thrive in the #radioactive environment of #Chernobyl. Experiments in space have demonstrated that the fungus is not particularly sensitive to #cosmicradiation; however, the hypothesis of energy-generating #radiosynthesis is not yet sufficiently substantiated.
©#StefanFWirth

Reference
M. Starr (2026):
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Photo
By Medmyco,2005, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

New to our thrift shop: Postcards from the »Fungarium« by Katie Scott

Beautiful cards featuring the beautiful world of mushrooms like this one from the picutre

#postcard #mushroom #fungus

https://postkartenfundbuero.com/shop-2/?department=thrift-shop&series=fungarium

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology

First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology

First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology

First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology

First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

#Growers #GrowersSocial #Xylariapolymorpha #DeadMansFingers #Fungus #Mycology

First year these guys popped up to snack on my garden stump.

#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:

Fake zombies

As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease

It's called Taczanowskia waska

It lives in #Ecuador

https://www.discovermagazine.com/new-spider-species-appears-to-mimic-a-deadly-fungus-to-fool-prey-and-predators-48949

#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:

Fake zombies

As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease

It's called Taczanowskia waska

It lives in #Ecuador

https://www.discovermagazine.com/new-spider-species-appears-to-mimic-a-deadly-fungus-to-fool-prey-and-predators-48949

#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:

Fake zombies

As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease

It's called Taczanowskia waska

It lives in #Ecuador

https://www.discovermagazine.com/new-spider-species-appears-to-mimic-a-deadly-fungus-to-fool-prey-and-predators-48949

#Mimicry is always a cool #biology topic so this bit of #science news is a treat:

Fake zombies

As if spiders aren't creepy enough, or bug victims of the famous "The Last of Us" zombie #Cordyceps #fungus aren't creepier, we have now discovered a #spider #species which has decided its strategy for survival in this world is to simply *look* like a zombie spider fungus victim. To disgust predators and put prey at ease

It's called Taczanowskia waska

It lives in #Ecuador

https://www.discovermagazine.com/new-spider-species-appears-to-mimic-a-deadly-fungus-to-fool-prey-and-predators-48949

#fungi #fungus #mushrooms #mushroom #champignon #champignons polypores

Invisible Fungal Threats
"For all of us working with human remains this webinar can be extremely important!

Danger doesn’t come solely from the skeletal remains; it ..."

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 9th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM CET (Central European Time)

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#bioarchaeology #humanremains #forensicanthropology #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #InfectiousDiseases #Fungus

Invisible Fungal Threats
"For all of us working with human remains this webinar can be extremely important!

Danger doesn’t come solely from the skeletal remains; it ..."

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 9th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM CET (Central European Time)

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#bioarchaeology #humanremains #forensicanthropology #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #InfectiousDiseases #Fungus

Invisible Fungal Threats
"For all of us working with human remains this webinar can be extremely important!

Danger doesn’t come solely from the skeletal remains; it ..."

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 9th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM CET (Central European Time)

[email protected]

If you’re not on the mailing list, sign up using the link at the bottom of this page: https://aitabioarch.com/

#bioarchaeology #humanremains #forensicanthropology #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #InfectiousDiseases #Fungus

Invisible Fungal Threats
"For all of us working with human remains this webinar can be extremely important!

Danger doesn’t come solely from the skeletal remains; it ..."

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 9th
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM CET (Central European Time)

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#bioarchaeology #humanremains #forensicanthropology #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #InfectiousDiseases #Fungus

Small tree stem with Turkey Tail Fungus

#photo #photography #forest #forestfriday #fungus #tree #woods #shindaginhollowstateforest #caroline

Small tree stem with Turkey Tail Fungus

#photo #photography #forest #forestfriday #fungus #tree #woods #shindaginhollowstateforest #caroline

Honeybees in Australia collect spores of myrtle rust, an invasive fungus that kills eucalyptus and other trees. The rust spores are nutritionally equivalent to pollen, but they survive inside hives for over a week, so commercial transport of hives may foster the spread of the rust.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-bees-food-source-reshape-destructive.html

Original paper: https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/169027/

#Science #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Bees #Honeybees #MyrtleRust #Fungus

Honeybees in Australia collect spores of myrtle rust, an invasive fungus that kills eucalyptus and other trees. The rust spores are nutritionally equivalent to pollen, but they survive inside hives for over a week, so commercial transport of hives may foster the spread of the rust.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-bees-food-source-reshape-destructive.html

Original paper: https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/169027/

#Science #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Bees #Honeybees #MyrtleRust #Fungus

#Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

#Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

What is chronic candidiasis? #fungaldisease #candidiasis #fungus #mycosis ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymj0-gMdYG8

For #FungiFriday I offer this #fungus I encountered yesterday growing on/by a rotting log on the bank of North Capitol Lake in #BatonRouge #Louisiana. My app tells me it might be Xylaria hypoxylon, which is commonly known as Candlesnuff Fungus. There’s also a little #Mosstodon going on here…

For #FungiFriday I offer this #fungus I encountered yesterday growing on/by a rotting log on the bank of North Capitol Lake in #BatonRouge #Louisiana. My app tells me it might be Xylaria hypoxylon, which is commonly known as Candlesnuff Fungus. There’s also a little #Mosstodon going on here…

Hauntingly beautiful fungi. #mushroom #fungi #nature #blue #fungus #natureisamazing

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ovkma4nl6xgtmwerhnpfji43/post/3mkhixfqils2t

Hauntingly beautiful fungi. #mushroom #fungi #nature #blue #fungus #natureisamazing

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ovkma4nl6xgtmwerhnpfji43/post/3mkhixfqils2t

GROW: Gardeners have a growing interest in reducing use of chemicals | Opinion https://www.allforgardening.com/1737661/grow-gardeners-have-a-growing-interest-in-reducing-use-of-chemicals-opinion/ #agriculture #biopesticide #CropProtection #fungicide #fungus #garden #GardenPests #gardener #gardening #horticulture #IntegratedPestManagement #Kingdoms(biology) #LeafSpot #organisms #pesticide #phytopathology #plant #PlantDisease #PlantPathogensAndDiseases #plants

GROW: Gardeners have a growing interest in reducing use of chemicals | Opinion https://www.allforgardening.com/1737661/grow-gardeners-have-a-growing-interest-in-reducing-use-of-chemicals-opinion/ #agriculture #biopesticide #CropProtection #fungicide #fungus #garden #GardenPests #gardener #gardening #horticulture #IntegratedPestManagement #Kingdoms(biology) #LeafSpot #organisms #pesticide #phytopathology #plant #PlantDisease #PlantPathogensAndDiseases #plants