Weekly Puzzler Answer 293
Last week’s puzzler is a fungus with a complicated story, requiring two plants to complete its lifecycle– an eastern red cedar and an apple tree. It’s called cedar-apple rust fungus,
Weekly Puzzler Answer 290
Native Americans in the Blackfoot Confederacy called this fungus “ka-ka-toos” which means fallen stars and believed them to be indicators of supernatural events. When you find one or more on
Weekly Puzzler Answer #230
So the answer to last week’s puzzler is Old Man’s Beard Lichen, but like many things in nature, this is the common name and there are many other common names,
There’s a Fungus Among Us–You Won’t Believe the Variety!
I bet you’ve never given that much thought to fungus, unless you’re eating it on your pizza or trying to get rid of it on your feet. But, wow, these
What do Yeast, Mold and Mushrooms have in Common?
Before I turned my attention today to my weekly blog posts, I came across a video shared with me by a friend that made me shake my head in awe. The
Weekly Puzzler Answer #23
Last week’s puzzler was two different kinds of LICHENS. In North America alone there are 3,600 different kinds of lichens; worldwide there are more than 20,000 species of lichen! So
Weekly Puzzler Answer #15
Did you know last week’s puzzler? Have you ever seen this while on a hike in the woods? Most people assume it is some kind of fungus since it doesn’t