Influential Mycologists

The Unsung Queen of the Fungal Queendom: Why Elsie Maud Wakefield Matters

The Unsung Queen of the Fungal Queendom: Why El...

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Step into any forest after a good rain, and you’ll find them. A flush of mushrooms, erupting from the damp earth in a dizzying array of shapes and colors. To...

The Unsung Queen of the Fungal Queendom: Why El...

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Step into any forest after a good rain, and you’ll find them. A flush of mushrooms, erupting from the damp earth in a dizzying array of shapes and colors. To...

A black and white 19th-century portrait of mycologist Mary Elizabeth Banning. She has braided hair and wears a dark, high-collared dress.

The Forgotten Genius of Mary Elizabeth Banning

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Discover the lost legacy of Mary Elizabeth Banning, a pioneering mycologist whose brilliant work on fungi was hidden for a century.

The Forgotten Genius of Mary Elizabeth Banning

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Discover the lost legacy of Mary Elizabeth Banning, a pioneering mycologist whose brilliant work on fungi was hidden for a century.

More Than Peter Rabbit: Inside Beatrix Potter's Secret Kingdom of Fungi

More Than Peter Rabbit: Inside Beatrix Potter's...

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We all know the name Beatrix Potter. We picture charming bunnies in blue coats and meticulously rendered garden scenes. But what if I told you that the same hand that...

More Than Peter Rabbit: Inside Beatrix Potter's...

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We all know the name Beatrix Potter. We picture charming bunnies in blue coats and meticulously rendered garden scenes. But what if I told you that the same hand that...

A black and white photo of Miles Joseph Berkeley sitting next to a microscope

Berkeley: How a Country Clergyman Helped Found ...

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Meet Miles Joseph Berkeley, the clergyman who solved the mystery of the Irish Potato Famine by proving a fungus was the killer.

Berkeley: How a Country Clergyman Helped Found ...

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Meet Miles Joseph Berkeley, the clergyman who solved the mystery of the Irish Potato Famine by proving a fungus was the killer.

The Fungal Detective: How Heinrich Anton de Bary Rewrote the Rules of Mycology

The Fungal Detective: How Heinrich Anton de Bar...

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Imagine your favorite plant, one you’ve nurtured from a seed, suddenly showing signs of sickness. Its leaves spot, its stem wilts, and a strange, fuzzy growth appears. Before you can...

The Fungal Detective: How Heinrich Anton de Bar...

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Imagine your favorite plant, one you’ve nurtured from a seed, suddenly showing signs of sickness. Its leaves spot, its stem wilts, and a strange, fuzzy growth appears. Before you can...

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon: Mapping the Mycelial Maze of Fungal Taxonomy

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon: Mapping the Mycelia...

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As a passionate mycologist, I often find myself marveling at the incredible diversity and complexity of the fungal kingdom. It's a world teeming with life, from the majestic shelf fungi...

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon: Mapping the Mycelia...

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As a passionate mycologist, I often find myself marveling at the incredible diversity and complexity of the fungal kingdom. It's a world teeming with life, from the majestic shelf fungi...