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Fungal Monitoring: Testing for Mold on Cannabis Plants

September 20, 2019/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

Summary This article looks at the benefits of fungal monitoring: testing for mold on cannabis plants. Specifically, the article discusses how to find and test samples for mold and test it properly. Once testing and analyzing are done, proper actions are carried out when necessary.

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Flexible Partnership (Fungi + Algae) Allows Lichens to Occur in Different Habitats

July 9, 2019/in Strange Fungal Tales /by Carolyn Willbanks

Lichens are symbiotic organisms consisting of a fungal partner and one or several algal partners. The association is so close that scientists until 1867 were not aware that lichens actually consist of two different partners. After the Swiss botanist Simon Schwendener discovered the dual nature of lichens, lichenologists were focusing on the fungal partner when […]

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Introduction to Fungi – Videos

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Mold is everywhere. It’s part of the natural environment, and is not usually a problem until it begins growing inside. It’s important to know about mold, because it might be hiding in your house. In fact, these Introduction to fungi videos are a fun way to find out more. And if you find a great […]

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Physicians Note an Alarming Number of Fungal Eye Infections Among Contact Lens Wearers

April 7, 2006/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

Orlando, FL – Alison Bregman-Rodriguez felt as if lightning had struck her right eye, or someone had pulled skin out of it. For almost a month she could not work, drive or watch television. “I’d never felt so much pain,” the 30-year-old social worker said. It was not until several doctor visits later that Bregman-Rodriguez […]

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Fungi Prefers Dark, Not Sunlight

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Fungi live mainly in the dark, and they like it that way – out of the sunlight, they can avoid desiccation and damage from ultraviolet rays. The ability to sense light, therefore, is adaptive for fungi of all kinds. A pair of light-sensing proteins had been identified in the model fungus Neurospora crassa, an ascomycete […]

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Got Mold? Flood Raises Likelihood of Fungi

in Home Care /by Carolyn Willbanks

OHIO – The Tuscarawas Valley is prime for mold and mold-related illnesses in the wake of recent high water and flooding conditions. Just ask Bob Bennett, owner of Farsight Management Inc. of 6790 Middle Run Rd., Dover, who deals with mold on a professional basis. Or ask someone who claims to have experienced the effects of […]

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Japan; Wild Edible Fungi Is Toxic

December 16, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

Tests show an unknown poison in the popular mushroom. A research group studying wild sugihiratake mushrooms thought to cause a fatal acute-brain disorder said Monday the fungi are toxic enough to kill mice. Although they have yet to identify the toxin, professor Hirokazu Kawagishi of Shizuoka University said, “The toxin is a multimolecular substance that […]

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Mycotoxin List

in Fungal Infections /by Carolyn Willbanks

Molds can produce other secondary metabolites (See list in table below) such as antibiotics and mycotoxins. Antibiotics are isolated from mold (and some bacterial) cultures and some of their bacteriotoxic or bacteriostatic properties are exploited medicinally to combat infections. Mycotoxins are also products of secondary metabolism of molds. They are not essential to maintaining the […]

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Honey Mushrooms Infects and Kills Trees

October 3, 2004/in Strange Fungal Tales /by Carolyn Willbanks

Summary Honey mushrooms (Armillaria) are fruiting at the base of an infected tree in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Seen in the fall, mushrooms are the only part of the fungi that shows above ground. Most of the organism grows underground. Oregon State University announces that a fungus called Honey Mushroom has spread through Malheu […]

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Phoma

in Mold Types & Images /by Carolyn Willbanks

A common soil fungi that contains many plant pathogenic species.The most important species include phoma beta which is the cause of the heart rot and blight of beets, and phoma batata that produces a dry rot of sweet potatoes. Multicellular chlamydospores produced along the vegetative hyphae, often resembling conidia of Alternaria or Ulocladium. It is […]

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Stephanosporium

in Mold Types & Images /by Carolyn Willbanks

Stephanosporium is a genus that lacks a known sexual state and thus belongs to the Fungi Imperfecti. It is a species of Oidiodendron cerealis, which is quite distinct from other Oidiodendron species, and is often placed in a separate genus Stephanosporium by some taxonomists. It has distincitve spores and can be recognized on spore trap […]

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Differences Between Fungi and Plants

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Fungi have no chlorophyll and therefore cannot make their own food. Fungi are exo-digesters (digest food outside their bodies by excreting enzymes that ooze out of the fungus body, and then absorb digested material through the cell walls). Fungal cells are simple in structure and function – each a clearly visible central body with nucleus. […]

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