A Wonderful World of Fungi

This episode explains fungal entomopathogens and other pathogens caused by fungi.

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As usual, here are my sources:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/hypocreales

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4527712/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279432867_Fungal_Entomopathogens

https://thelastofus.fandom.com/wiki/Cordyceps_brain_infection

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-last-of-us-apocalypse-is-not-realistic-but-rising-threat-of-fungal-pathogens-is/

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25152-candida-auris

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/entomophthorales

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-life-cycle-of-entomopathogenic-fungi-from-the-order-Hypocreales_fig1_345204167

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9903910/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu6688

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11016626/

Warning: mentions of hallucinogenic drugs

Thank you for listening to this episode of A Wonderful World of Fungi!

Please comment if you have questions.

Here are some of my sources for this episode:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-psychedelic-drugs-alter-brain

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031699725074678

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178123000574?via%3Dihub

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36774749/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1853/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/psilocybin

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms#psilocybin-in-the-brain

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10032309/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-020-0311-8

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5756147/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7880300/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fungus-causes-cicadas-mate-crazy-even-after-their-butts-fall-180972519/

Thank you for listening! I hope you enjoyed learning how fungi communicate!

Smithsonian article:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-all-plants-depend-on-tiny-underground-fungi-the-microbes-vast-global-networks-were-just-mapped-for-the-first-time-180988955/

Other Sources:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.15252/embr.202357255

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/9/4/211926/96736/Language-of-fungi-derived-from-their-electrical

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26007-1

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.70024

https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3732/ajb.1200558?__cf_chl_f_tk=dolUqboXlb21xDCLLWm6tv8leS9GgeTd5iimhEx3J80-1782852237-1.0.1.1-0CNmCcTyMh54FNgwwTctW6R2Kji4SbOTELxT_BtVXog

Photo: pleurotus ostreatus mycelium taken by me

In this episode, you will understand why I've been yapping about fungi this long.

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Linked are a couple of sources for learning more about lichens.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/lichens-as-bioindicators.htm

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/learning/about-lichens

This episode outlines the life of a fungus from the phylum Basidiomycota.

Here are some diagrams that may be helpful:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qMUPYKY3AqG7jF6GNvVpD92GXEMyRmnO/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for listening, and if you have questions or suggestions, please leave a comment.

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