Tag: fungus

Are the bats trying to tell us something?

Written on July 15, 2010.

I read an article about bats in the most recent University of Vermont alumnae magazine today. It made me want to cry. Bats are dying due to a little-understood disorder called “White nose syndrome.” The disorder...

There are Fungus Among Us!

Written on June 25, 2010.

>This is a blusher mushroom found June 24, 2010 in some woods north of Harvard. I’d never seen one of these in person — only in photos. It’s a type of Amanita, which are usually poisonous, but this a non-deadly...