Tag Archives: fungi

Nature News in Review – Week Ending May 16, 2009

Flora Lest anyone doubt the ability of something barely visible as an independent organism to wreak havok upon the biosphere, a global assessment of all 5,743 known amphibian species has found that amphibian chytrid fungus is threatening to wipe out a third of them. U.S. President Barack Obama has been honored by having a newly [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending April 17, 2009

Flora The long-standing debate about why autumn leaves change color has new impetus from the humble apple tree. Cornell University is giving China back its treasured mushrooms. Fauna Please do ask for whom the bell tolls – the Sidamo Lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending March 6, 2009

Flora Some of the finest gardens and woodlands in Britain are under threat from two closely related and aggressive fungus-like plant diseases. Studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation on bryophytes can help scientists understand its impacts on crops, ecological systems, and humans. Fauna A Red-tailed Hawk is in intensive care at the Audubon Society of [...]