From allison.kennedy from usm.edu Tue Apr 1 11:48:52 2008 From: allison.kennedy from usm.edu (Allison Walker) Date: Tue Apr 1 11:53:59 2008 Subject: [Mycology] In search of cultures Message-ID: <001601c89418$44658910$67f05f83@gcrl.usm.edu> In Search of Cultures I have a student working on a project at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in collaboration with the Thad Cochran Aquaculture Center to study the single cell protein capabilities of fungi as fish food. Does anyone have cultures that they would be willing to send me of Candida utilis, Candida krusei, Geotrichum candidum and Pichia anomala? -Jinx Campbell The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs MS 39564 jinx.campbell@usm.edu From mmlotaief from gmail.com Sat Apr 5 12:35:29 2008 From: mmlotaief from gmail.com (Mohamed Lotaief) Date: Sun Apr 6 14:31:28 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Egypt/N.African Mushrooms Message-ID: <7FDD107E-9786-4194-A098-E016C7AAA145@gmail.com> Dear Sir, I came across a post of yours on bio.net dated 1998. it was a cashed version from google. ( http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:YfIcl-k8CWsJ:www.bio.net/bionet/mm/mycology/1998-November/006956.html+mushrooms+egypt&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari ) In this post you say: Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of any works dealing with mushrooms in Egypt, North Africa or the Middle East. The only source i've been able to find so far deals only with some Palestinian species. E-mail would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Steve I was wondering if you had any luck at all? i'm thinking of researching mushrooms in Egypt for my masters thesis. I haven't found any info apart from an ancient paper in Jstor about diseases and fungi of Egypt ... A Check List of Plant Diseases and Fungi Occurring in Egypt Leo Edw. Melchers Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 34, (Apr. 23-25, 1931), pp. 41-106 (article consists of 66 pages) Published by: Kansas Academy of Science I realize that this email may be a little late but maybe I get lucky ... If you have any resources I would much appreciate them. Thanks, Mohamed Lotaief. From Kent.Hoover from gmail.com Tue Apr 15 22:06:30 2008 From: Kent.Hoover from gmail.com (Kent.Hoover@gmail.com) Date: Wed Apr 16 12:54:23 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Cordyceps Message-ID: <47584a9b-7a18-42f6-a5a7-43db5afbeb80@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> Does anybody have an electronic copy (or other cheap/easy-to-access) source for a reasonably complete key to the Genus Cordyceps? I have a C. species on locust that is old (browned) but appears to be C. capitata- except the host it wrong. (C. capitata is found on Elaphomyces.) Suggestions or guesses? From newmy51 from gmail.com Fri Apr 18 16:42:18 2008 From: newmy51 from gmail.com (Danny Newman) Date: Fri Apr 18 17:08:24 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Cordyceps Index Request Message-ID: <24a95ed90804181442n1b3d2ba2l44e8465d457abd1e@mail.gmail.com> I've no idea, but I would love to find the same. Bolivia provided a plethora of Cordyceps to photograph and catalog, many of which are unknown/unidentifiable as of yet. go to www.flickr.com/groups/mushroomsofbolivia to view. On 4/17/08, mycology-request@oat.bio.indiana.edu < mycology-request@oat.bio.indiana.edu> wrote: > > Send Mycology mailing list submissions to > mycology@net.bio.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mycology-request@net.bio.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mycology-owner@net.bio.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mycology digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Cordyceps (Kent.Hoover@gmail.com) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kent.Hoover@gmail.com > To: bionet-mycology@moderators.isc.org > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:06:30 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Mycology] Cordyceps > Does anybody have an electronic copy (or other cheap/easy-to-access) > source for a reasonably complete key to the Genus Cordyceps? > > I have a C. species on locust that is old (browned) but appears to be > C. capitata- except the host it wrong. (C. capitata is found on > Elaphomyces.) > > Suggestions or guesses? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mycology mailing list > Mycology@net.bio.net > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology > From jlskulan from geology.wisc.edu Wed Apr 23 18:12:37 2008 From: jlskulan from geology.wisc.edu (Joe Skulan) Date: Wed Apr 23 19:39:22 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Help with ID Message-ID: Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100 miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the photo: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg Thank you, Joe Skulan From dspahr3d from aol.com Thu Apr 24 08:11:50 2008 From: dspahr3d from aol.com (kilgoretrout) Date: Thu Apr 24 11:43:32 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with ID References: Message-ID: <5e946a0d-e82e-4a51-933d-45ca08ab1b62@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> On Apr 23, 7:12?pm, Joe Skulan wrote: > Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected > recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100 > miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I > unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the > photo: > > http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg > > Thank you, > > Joe Skulan Joe, Those look like false morels. Although some parboil and eat them, you should not. Ever. False morels contain monomethyl hydrazine. Similar to rocket fuel. It can kill you. Do not eat! From kent.hoover from gmail.com Thu Apr 24 12:18:50 2008 From: kent.hoover from gmail.com (Ken Hoover) Date: Thu Apr 24 16:52:25 2008 Subject: [Mycology] False morels, Mycology Digest, Vol 34, Issue 5 Message-ID: <1fb7b21a0804241018q6037f77g8f3a99f557750fb0@mail.gmail.com> With only the picture to guide identification, I'd have to agree with kilgore- they are false morels. Gyromitra is a good guess. I also want to reiterate his warning. DO NOT EAT THEM. Regardless of their preparation, they will remain poisonous. From mycos from shaw.ca Thu Apr 24 14:28:47 2008 From: mycos from shaw.ca (Mycos) Date: Thu Apr 24 16:52:39 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with ID In-Reply-To: <5e946a0d-e82e-4a51-933d-45ca08ab1b62@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> References: <5e946a0d-e82e-4a51-933d-45ca08ab1b62@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <4810DF6F.4080506@shaw.ca> Yes, the False Morel [Gyromitra esculanta] ID seems a good one. As for edibility, they've been reported as edible by people around the world, but they've also been shown to produce tumors in rats. The MMH...although rather unstable and thereby likely to be destroyed by cooking, also comes with a warning to avoid inhaling the gases that come off during the cooking process. These all serve to tell me that there is no mushroom so flavorful that I would want to risk any of the above. Heh! Your milage may vary, and with hydrazine, it could vary quite a bit. (Boo! okay, it was just hanging there, so I had to take a swipe at it ) Gary Williams kilgoretrout wrote: > On Apr 23, 7:12?pm, Joe Skulan wrote: >> Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected >> recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100 >> miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I >> unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the >> photo: >> >> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg >> >> Thank you, >> >> Joe Skulan > > > Joe, > Those look like false morels. Although some parboil and eat them, you > should not. Ever. False morels contain monomethyl hydrazine. Similar > to rocket fuel. It can kill you. Do not eat! > > _______________________________________________ > Mycology mailing list > Mycology@net.bio.net > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology > From mahaffy from dordt.edu Fri Apr 25 15:25:56 2008 From: mahaffy from dordt.edu (James) Date: Fri Apr 25 16:52:53 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Help with a spore id Message-ID: <8a9e8196-9eed-4b69-9b40-9c4054c4f9cd@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> Folks, We have a bright student who is doing a directed research project on testing the spores found in the air when it comes over Iowa from different areas. The student is good at ID'ng most of her sproes (she grown then on agar and then looks at the spores) but is running stuck on this one. Can someone help me with this one? I am not a mycologists but I have taught Plant Morphology. My wild guess is initial stages of a zygosporangium but there is not much of a zygosporangium if that is it. You can find her picture at: http://homepages.dordt.edu/~mahaffy/temp/Spore_ST.JPG Thanks. From dungj from wsu.edu Fri Apr 25 19:23:02 2008 From: dungj from wsu.edu (Dung, Jeremiah Kam Sung) Date: Fri Apr 25 20:21:13 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Help with a spore id Message-ID: <2FC987BC0B90B24786CAF43DD3F5719C017D9EA8@CRU105.cahe.ad.wsu.edu> James, Those look like staurospores - branched, septate conidia (asexual spores) often formed by aquatic fungi. I would try ID'ing with a Deuteromycete key first. Jeremiah M.S Student/Research Assistant Department of Plant Pathology Washington State University Pullman, WA From lmabreu from gmail.com Sat Apr 26 13:22:15 2008 From: lmabreu from gmail.com (Lucas Abreu) Date: Sat Apr 26 15:34:14 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with a spore id Message-ID: <9afb15f10804261122y4c3103f8n6717c88fcc74eb03@mail.gmail.com> It problably is an isolate of *Pestalotiopsis*, a coelomycete (asexual ascomycete which forms acervuli). Lucas Abreu PhD student Departament of chemistry Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM, wrote: > Send Mycology mailing list submissions to > mycology@net.bio.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mycology-request@net.bio.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mycology-owner@net.bio.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mycology digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Help with a spore id (James) > 2. Help with a spore id (Dung, Jeremiah Kam Sung) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:25:56 -0700 (PDT) > From: James > Subject: [Mycology] Help with a spore id > To: bionet-mycology@moderators.isc.org > Cc: mahaffy@dordt.edu > Message-ID: > <8a9e8196-9eed-4b69-9b40-9c4054c4f9cd@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Folks, > > We have a bright student who is doing a directed research project on > testing the spores found in the air when it comes over Iowa from > different areas. The student is good at ID'ng most of her sproes (she > grown then on agar and then looks at the spores) but is running stuck > on this one. > > Can someone help me with this one? I am not a mycologists but I have > taught Plant Morphology. My wild guess is initial stages of a > zygosporangium but there is not much of a zygosporangium if that is > it. > > You can find her picture at: > > http://homepages.dordt.edu/~mahaffy/temp/Spore_ST.JPG > > Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:23:02 -0700 > From: "Dung, Jeremiah Kam Sung" > Subject: [Mycology] Help with a spore id > To: > Message-ID: > <2FC987BC0B90B24786CAF43DD3F5719C017D9EA8@CRU105.cahe.ad.wsu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > James, > > > > Those look like staurospores - branched, septate conidia (asexual > spores) often formed by aquatic fungi. I would try ID'ing with a > Deuteromycete key first. > > > > Jeremiah > > M.S Student/Research Assistant > > Department of Plant Pathology > > Washington State University > > Pullman, WA > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mycology mailing list > Mycology@net.bio.net > http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology > > End of Mycology Digest, Vol 34, Issue 7 > *************************************** > -- Lucas M. de Abreu From pkammey from gmail.com Sat Apr 26 14:20:58 2008 From: pkammey from gmail.com (pkammey@gmail.com) Date: Sat Apr 26 15:34:19 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with a spore id References: Message-ID: <0efd00de-341c-4d53-8113-db2726851b9e@w74g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> I think your spore is something called Pestalotia (page 193)from Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi (4th ed) Barnett and Hunter OR perhaps the organism was renamed because in Grant Smith's book on page 149 of Sampling and Identifiying Allergenic Pollens and Molds, a similar looking spore is named Pestalotiopsis disseminata. Try a Google image search on both of these names and look at pictures to compare. I hope this helps. Pat Kammeyer Lead mycologist Loyola U. Medical Center Maywood, Illinois I do not work On Apr 25, 3:25 pm, James wrote: > Folks, > > We have a bright student who is doing a directed research project on > testing the spores found in the air when it comes over Iowa from > different areas. The student is good at ID'ng most of her sproes (she > grown then on agar and then looks at the spores) but is running stuck > on this one. > > Can someone help me with this one? I am not a mycologists but I have > taught Plant Morphology. My wild guess is initial stages of a > zygosporangium but there is not much of a zygosporangium if that is > it. > > You can find her picture at: > > http://homepages.dordt.edu/~mahaffy/temp/Spore_ST.JPG > > Thanks. From pkammey from gmail.com Sat Apr 26 14:26:13 2008 From: pkammey from gmail.com (pkammey@gmail.com) Date: Sat Apr 26 15:34:23 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with a spore id References: Message-ID: James, I'm not sure if my reply went through so I'll send it again. This looks like it could be Pestalotia or named in another book as Pestalotiopsis disseminata. Try a Google image search with these two names and see if you come up with a similar photo to yours. I believe this is a Coelomycete. Best wishes, Pat Kammeyer Lead, mycology Loyola U. Medical Center Maywood, Illinois > different areas. The student is good at ID'ng most of her sproes (she > grown then on agar and then looks at the spores) but is running stuck > on this one. > > Can someone help me with this one? I am not a mycologists but I have > taught Plant Morphology. My wild guess is initial stages of a > zygosporangium but there is not much of a zygosporangium if that is > it. > > You can find her picture at: > > http://homepages.dordt.edu/~mahaffy/temp/Spore_ST.JPG > > Thanks. From mycos from shaw.ca Sat Apr 26 22:38:53 2008 From: mycos from shaw.ca (Mycos) Date: Sun Apr 27 07:51:14 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Help with Cordyceps ID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4813F54D.8020909@shaw.ca> Didn't someone just ask for a key or monograph to Cordyceps or allies? I just run across this, which fits the bill somewhat. Gary Williams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trial field key to CLUB FUNGI in the Pacific Northwest Prepared for the Pacific Northwest Key Council By Ian Gibson, South Vancouver Island Mycological Society Copyright ? 2007 Pacific Northwest Key Council INTRODUCTION This is a key to the Club Fungi of the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho). Club fungi as understood here include the upright, unbranched fungi that do not fit into other morphological groups. There are not only clavate (club-shaped) fungi, but cylindric fungi, and upright fungi with differentiated heads. Both ascomycetes and basidiomycetes are included. The species are divided into seven groups, the first six characterized by the color of the upper part of the fruitbody, and the last containing the stinkhorns, distinctive species which distinguish themselves immediately by their foul odor. Species that have more than one color are included in more than one color group. The key leads start at the following numbers. cont,... http://www.svims.ca/council/Clubs.htm#n121a http://snipurl.com/25zib From dwheeler from ipns.com Tue Apr 29 04:23:44 2008 From: dwheeler from ipns.com (dwheeler@ipns.com) Date: Tue Apr 29 11:42:31 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with ID References: Message-ID: <367628f9-22d4-42b0-a00a-33a9f8b4a917@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> On Apr 23, 4:12?pm, Joe Skulan wrote: > Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected > recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100 > miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I > unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the > photo: > > http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg > > Thank you, > > Joe Skulan Looks like Gyromitra esculenta to me, Joe. Highly not recommended, even though Alexander H. Smith has said they were edible. His daughter, Nancy Smith (who actually could eat mushrooms, unlike her father) has detailed the monomethylhydrazine (MMH) content of even dried specimens, and warns that even with parboiling the MMH content is way too high for safety of consumption. Effects appear to be cumulative. The difference, according to Mushrooms: Poisons and Panaceas, is the number of meals you have of this over as short a period as a week. I have had 1-2 meals of this, and have lived to tell about it. But cannot recommend it for anyone again, and don't trust my accumulated MMH count. Daniel B. Wheeler From paul.pirot.mycology from skynet.be Wed Apr 30 04:43:53 2008 From: paul.pirot.mycology from skynet.be (Paul Pirot) Date: Wed Apr 30 12:50:55 2008 Subject: [Mycology] Re: Help with ID In-Reply-To: <367628f9-22d4-42b0-a00a-33a9f8b4a917@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <6qodjb$3t7c2j@relay.skynet.be> You are right, Daniel ! We don't eat anymore Gyromitras in Europe, even dried and well cooked. Greetings. Paul Pirot (Belgium) -----Message d'origine----- De?: mycology-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:mycology-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] De la part de dwheeler@ipns.com Envoy??: mardi 29 avril 2008 11:24 ??: bionet-mycology@moderators.isc.org Objet?: [Mycology] Re: Help with ID On Apr 23, 4:12?pm, Joe Skulan wrote: > Can anyone help identify these mushrooms? They were collected > recently in a mixed forest in the Kaluga region of Russia, about 100 > miles south of Moscow. They look like some kind of Gyromitra, but I > unfortunately know no more about them than what is visible in the > photo: > > http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/jlskulan/mushrooms.jpg > > Thank you, > > Joe Skulan Looks like Gyromitra esculenta to me, Joe. Highly not recommended, even though Alexander H. Smith has said they were edible. His daughter, Nancy Smith (who actually could eat mushrooms, unlike her father) has detailed the monomethylhydrazine (MMH) content of even dried specimens, and warns that even with parboiling the MMH content is way too high for safety of consumption. Effects appear to be cumulative. The difference, according to Mushrooms: Poisons and Panaceas, is the number of meals you have of this over as short a period as a week. I have had 1-2 meals of this, and have lived to tell about it. But cannot recommend it for anyone again, and don't trust my accumulated MMH count. Daniel B. Wheeler _______________________________________________ Mycology mailing list Mycology@net.bio.net http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/mycology