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10/01/2008
ViraCor Laboratories Launches Comprehensive Testing for Fungal Infections (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.----ViraCor Laboratories, a specialty molecular diagnostic reference laboratory that provides same day turnaround for laboratory tests, today announced the launch of a comprehensive mycology, or fungus, testing service that will allow the company to quickly detect potentially deadly fungal infections in patients.
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10/02/2008
Statins: From Fungus to Pharma (ThirdAge)
The curiosity of biochemists, mixed with some obvious economic incentives, created a family of powerful cardiovascular drugs In 1966, Akira Endo, a young Japanese biochemist, started an adventure that would ultimately save thousands, if not millions, of lives.
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09/18/2008
Fall season offers more than leaf peeping (York County Coast Star)
Ah, fall, and the wonderful relief from the hot humid weather of the dog days of summer.
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09/18/2008
Woman dies in agony while another is seriously ill after eating poison toadstools (Daily Mail)
A woman in her 40s has died and a relative is seriously ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked on a day out.
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09/17/2008
Woman dies after eating wild mushrooms picked in botanical gardens on Isle of Wight (Daily Mail)
A woman has died after eating wild mushrooms she picked while on a walk in a public park.
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09/17/2008
South-metro fungus fans know the mushroom man (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A skilled mushroom hunter, Tom Peterson teaches classes about how to find the tastiest kinds -- and avoid the poisonous ones.
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09/16/2008
Group studies the fungus among us (York Daily Record)
When John Dawson goes for a walk in the woods, he takes a basket, waxed paper, plastic film canisters, a magnifying glass, knife and camera.
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09/14/2008
Returning to flight (Boston Globe)
CONCORD, N.H. - Two biologists crawled through a field thick with blueberry, black chokeberry, and scrub oak, searching for butterfly eggs the size of pinheads.
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09/12/2008
Fungi: The Good, The Bad And The Edible (NPR)
Though fungi is essential in the production of bread, beer and some cheeses, it can also be a threat to human life in the form of deadly disease and infection. Fungus experts discuss the diverse and complex nature of the underappreciated "fifth kingdom" of organisms.
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| Butterflies of the Soil Project - Project to inventory epigeous macromycetes as part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. Includes volunteers notebook, with directions for collecting and annotating specimens, and note forms for macro characters and macrochemical testing.Canadian Mycological Resource - A Canadian focus on mushrooms, fungi, and mycology resources.Duke Mycology - Information on Rytas Vilgalys's research group, evolutionary biology of mushrooms, and mushrooms of North Carolina.Electronic Distribution Maps of Caribbean Fungi - Compilation of information on the geographic distribution of many species in this region.Forest Fungi Of New Zealand - Photographs and information on New Zealand Fungi now also including slime mouldsFun Facts About Fungi - Contains fact sheets with photos and fun activities for kids.Fungal Biodiversity Center - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Includes extensive databases for many types of fungi.Fungal Biology - Introduction to mycology for university students. Includes topics on structure, sexual and asexual spores, dimorphism, haustoria, rhizomorphs, and sclerotia and stromata.Fungi and mushrooms of the Czech republic - Over 500 images of fungi including Latin to Czech fungi name translations, list of mycologists, and events.Fungi mailinglist and archive - Belgian mailinglist for mycology. Share your questions and answers; outdoor-activities; determinations about fungi with others who are also interested in Mycology. Or search the archive for some information.Fungi of New South Wales, Australia - Photographs, drawings, and descriptions of indigenous macro fungi, by Jamie Derkenne.FungiBank - Information about Australia's native fungi with a focus on restoration of landscapes. Includes glossary, information on collecting and keeping records, and links.Medical Mycology Online - Contains lots of information on the fungi that cause human infections. Descriptions of the organisms and the diseases they cause. Complete with excellent images.Mushroom and Fungus Photography - Photographs of over 200 mushroom and fungus species from California and Florida.Mushrooms of the Mid-Atlantic United States - Images of mushrooms and other fungi found in parks and other areas in Maryland and Virginia.Mycokey - A synoptic key for determination of fungal genera. This first version includes 180 genera and about 750 illustrated species. Covers the genera of basidiomycota with stem and cap (Agarics, and Boletes) from Northern Europe.Mycology Resources - Links to internet resources of interest to mycologists.Mycology.net - Internet portal for scientists presenting information about diversity of fungi including email directories, societies, identification, collections, and resources.MykoWeb - Information on mushrooms, fungi, mycophagy, and mycology primarily for the amateur. Includes photographs, descriptions, and recipes.New Zealand Fungi - Images, photos, keys and lots of information on mushrooms in New ZealandThe Ones That Stain Blue - Psilocybe mushrooms: studies in ethnomycologyOrson and Hope Miller's Mushroom - Images of edible, interesting and poisonous mushrooms. Contains recipes and publications list.Pyrenomycetes from southwestern France - Family Xylariaceae. Synoptic an dichotomous keys.Rogers Mushrooms - Images, information, keys and global chat room.Simply Fungi - Informative, easy to understand and colourful website about mushrooms and other fungi, including photos.Taxonomy and Ecology of Ascomycetes - Photos, drawings and keys of the macro- and microscopy of ascomycetes, and ecological aspects of these fungi.Tom Volk's Fungi - Information on mushrooms and mycology, forays and workshop information, images for teaching, and related resources.Truffle.org - Site aimed at promoting research on truffles and mycorrhizae. Includes a truffle image gallery, directory of truffle and mycorrhizal researchers and companies, and information for molecular analysis and identification of truffles.University of Oslo Mycological Herbarium - Collections database, images, fact sheets, red list, list of taxon names and synonyms. In Norwegian and English.
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