Fungi Introduction
More
fungi are on their way. I got some great shots of an Amanita muscaria
bloom in early August after a summer rain. The fungi to the left is an ascomycete
so named because it forms spores in microscopic sacs called asci. It is
probably a member of the Sarcoscyphaceae family or "cup fungi".
Click on items in the menu to the left to see more fungi. My mushroom identifications
are entirely tentative. As I accumulate more data, I will revise my identifications.
Fungi are especially interesting because "molecular evidence indicates
that fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants." (Campbell
1999, pg. 492)