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Ridley's Funky Fungi (GME094)

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These decomposition superpowers don’t only benefit the fungi – they also lend a helping hand to the earth and critters around them. As fungi break down organic matter to absorb the nutrients they need, the debris gets recycled, resulting in healthier soils, which enables more growth for microbes, insects, plants, and trees.

Turkey tail extract can also benefit pets. Many veterinarians are adding turkey tail extract to their arsenal of tools because it is an effective, safe, and natural way to support the well-being of our beloved animals. And here’s another word to add to your toolkit: mycorrhiza (my-co-rye-za). These special fungi have very unique relationships with plants. These fungi thread through the underground root system of plants and forests, creating a “mycorrhizal network” that connects plants to one another. This underground world allows plants to share nutrients and water, creating a thriving community built upon these little linkages. Some have even described this powerful relationship between fungi and plants as the “wood-wide web.” If I were a scout leader, a science teacher, a camp counselor, or a parent cultivating principles of scientific study and an understanding of the work of naturalists, this would be a fantastic book! Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of a larger, often seemingly invisible organism known as the mycelium (my-silly-um). The mycelium is composed of many long strands called hyphae. If you’re looking for a new Wordle, the singular of hyphae is hypha. What we know as fungi are the mycelium, its hyphae, and the mushroom (if the mycelium produces them).Fittingly, the sap of the bleeding tooth mushroom contains a compound that can be used to help stop blood clots from forming ( 1 9). This chemical compound is called atromentin, which has anticoagulant properties. Brandalise, F., Cesaroni, V., Gregori, A., Repetti, M., Romano, C., Orrù, G., Botta, L., Girometta, C., Guglielminetti, M. L., Savino, E., & Rossi, P. (2017). Dietary Supplementation of Hericium erinaceus Increases Mossy Fiber-CA3 Hippocampal Neurotransmission and Recognition Memory in Wild-Type Mice. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237458/. The book contains a lot of photographs, some drawings and other illustrations, and several text boxes about specific species of fungi. A magical mushroom game for fun-gis and fun-girls alike, it's suitable for ages 8+, 2 to 4 players and has an average 30 minute gameplay.

Have you ever woken up one morning and wondered whether fungi have feelings…and faces? Fungi have been around for millions of years: they aren’t plants, they aren’t animals, but in this charming, magical card game from Ridley’s Games, Funky Fungi, they’re full of life and personality! What’s The Game Like? I had been here ten days ago with Peter on one of our fungi forays, having taken up a suggestion from another colleague that this wood was a good one in which to search for fungi. Bleeding tooth mushrooms grow in forested, and often mountainous parts of North America, Europe, Iran, and South Korea. Like many mushrooms, they frequently grow near the roots of coniferous trees. What’s unique about this mushroom? All fungi use spores to reproduce. Spores are like the pollen in plants. They can be dispersed (spread) by wind, water or insects depending on the species. This is a book designed to have adults supporting young naturalists to learn about fungi through a hands-on approach: "Make a Spore Print," "Design Your Own Fungus," "Lichen-Looking Expedition," "Make Your Own Fungus-Fighting Mix," "Design a Postage Stamp," "Bundle Die with Fungi," "Send a Soil Sample," etc. Because of the dangers of interacting with fungi in the wild without supervision, I would not give this to children for independent reading unless they are 12 and older.Xu Y. F. (2016). Effect of Polysaccharide from Cordyceps militaris (Ascomycetes) on Physical Fatigue Induced by Forced Swimming. International journal of medicinal mushrooms, 18(12), 1083–1092. https://doi.org/10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i12.30 I went to a beechwood on an autumn Monday, a wood that forms part of an estate that refreshingly is happy to welcome anyone wishing to wander at will through the trees. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cordyceps was considered very special as it was offered to the Emperor’s court and others among Chinese nobility. The first written record was mentioned in the year AD 620. Traditionally it was used as a lung and kidney tonic making it useful for respiratory ailments, physical exhaustion, and for those with a weak constitution. Low sexual function, libido, and performance are also keynotes for Cordyceps’ use in traditional literature.

Kulshreshtha, S., Mathur, N., & Bhatnagar, P. (2014, April 1). Mushroom as a product and their role in mycoremediation. AMB Express. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052754/. According to the rules, the player who goes first is the player who last ate a mushroom. This rule is funny to me because whenever I play this game with the family, my Mum always goes first, because she loves eating mushrooms, and no one else does! Here's The Components The artwork on the cards is so adorable and full of personality and character; each mushroom’s design and name are based on real-life types of fungi (except the original wild card). For example, the “Death Cap” action card has a skull on its cap to signify how dangerous it is for other players, and the “Porcini” card portrays a mushroom with cool shades, standing as a bodyguard for a smaller mushroom, since this card type protects mushrooms in a player’s collection in the game. Over the last few years, scientists have taken a closer look into the world of fungi, and they are finding strong evidence that these mysterious species play a major role in maintaining healthy landscapes. Putting it bluntly, without fungi there is no life. While there are some harmful fungi out there – like pathogenic fungi - there are a few species that we depend on for trees and plants to live – which, in turn, other species depend on.The curious world of fungi is vast, mystical, and maybe a bit magical – only 15-40% of fungi species have been described to date, quite a large gap of knowledge. Most fungi start their life as a spore, which is a microscopic particle. Think of spores like pollen for plants or eggs for animals. The spores are genetically identical to the parent cell and will develop into the same species – no matter if it develops sexually or asexually, and most fungi can do both!

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