This is an interactive website of general fungal biology that covers the whole range of mycology
New for 2021 online A COMPLETE update and revision of this comprehensive online text book of general fungal biology CLICK HERE TO TRY THE SEPTEMBER 2021 online version of the 21st Century Guidebook to Fungi |
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Find out about some ground breaking research into the chemical signalling that controls the shape and form of fungiGet close to understanding the structure of the first fungal hormonal compounds to be chemically characterisedCLICK HERE |
A computer program for creating life-like three-dimensional simulations of growing fungal mycelia and tissues.The program is distributed as freeware you can download from this websiteCLICK on the graphic above or CLICK HERE |
I know you're here to find out about fungi, but I'd like to ask you this question:Why don't we save the atmosphere by cultivating more shellfish?Planting trees may not be the answerAllow me to share four interesting and incontrovertible facts about shellfish: 1. There’s a lot of shell in shellfish (30 to 50% of the live weight is shell) 2. Shellfish shell is mineralised carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 3. Shellfish shell is not digested and is chemically stable for geological periods of time. 4. The shellfish industry (and everyone else for that matter) seems to be totally blind to the fact that the shellfish cultivation industry is the ONLY industry on the planet that currently REMOVES serious quantities of carbon dioxide permanently from the atmosphere. The shellfish industry is the ONLY industry on the planet that could save the atmosphere by massively increasing its production. I like trees and I’m all in favour of planting more of them, but as a mycologist I have to say that forests don’t only contain trees that can store gigatonnes of carbon in the wood they make; forests also contain wood-decaying fungi that can (and do) digest that wood, releasing the stored carbon as CO2 in the process. Lliving trees store carbon; dead trees give it back to the atmosphere. That’s life. Dead shellfish leave behind 50% of their live weight in the form of crystalline calcium carbonate, which is mineralised atmospheric carbon dioxide. That's the legacy we need to save the atmosphere.
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David Moore introduces Kingdom Fungi
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We should know more about fungiThey have killed us, saved us and served us since before written records began. Find out more about fungi in our online Exposé of Kingdom Fungi If there was a monster weighing over a hundred tonnes rampaging through the forests of Michigan eating the trees, you should know about it, right? Could keep you awake at night. I can understand. Trust me. I sympathize. You might lie there worrying that your legs could fall off. What? They haven’t told you about that either? Not a word? CLICK HERE and I'll blow the whistle; even if the black-clad agents of the Fungal Bureau of Investigation do come hammering down my door. |
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BUY NOWFungal Biology in the Origin and Emergence of Life
A unique account of life's evolution using the most recent researchWeaves the evolution of fungi into the evolution of life on planet Earth |
BUY NOWMy autobiographical account of a 50-year research career
Coprinopsis: an autobiographyFor Kindle: Amazon.co.uk As a printed paperback book: Amazon.co.uk |
Books you will need to study fungi properly
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Our most recent publications: [click on the titles for more details]As we indicate above, we have recently published two books that give you information about the chemical controls of developmental signalling in fungi [Fungiflex: the untold story]; and our cyberfungi world, made by the only computer program available for creating life-like three-dimensional simulations of growing fungal mycelia and tissues [The Algorithmic Fungus]. |
Coprinopsis: an autobiography 40 years research on the Inkcap mushroom, Coprinopsis cinerea, carefully explained, lavishly illustrated. Buy the PDF here for $10 Delivered by SendOwl VIEW the printed book on Amazon |
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Fungiflex: the untold story Find out about ground breaking research into the chemical signalling that controls the shape and form of fungi. Buy the PDF here for $20 Delivered by SendOwl CLICK HERE to visit the website VIEW the printed book on Amazon |
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The Algorithmic
Fungus Complete details (and code listing) of a computer program that created life-like and three-dimensional simulations of growing fungal mycelia and tissues. Grow your own cyberfungi in your computer! Buy the PDF here for $10 Delivered by SendOwl CLICK HERE to visit the website VIEW the printed book on Amazon |
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