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[Apr. 24th, 2011|11:32 am] |
Hello anyone who still watches this journal. After receiving an inordinate amount of spam from my open commenting options, I have set only people who are registered users with a CAPTCHA options to comment. Hopefully this will assuage some of the spam on here.
Also I will be traveling to Alaksa this summer for the Mycological Society of America meeting. During it I plan on capturing fungi in the Alaska tundra and posting my pictures here. I hope to continue to use this journal as I travel to more interesting places and take pictures of the macrofungi. Thank you all out there who continue to watch and support this journal. |
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| Now a question for the readers out there |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:59 pm] |
Now that I've posted all the decent pictures of fungi that I took through out the course of the internship, I'd like to inquire out there if anyone would be interested in seeing my non-fungi photos from the Thailand internship (that haven't viewed them already?) I have pictures from our outings to Chiang Mai, and various other events and places. If there is interest to post them on here, I will. Otherwise, I'll keep just the fungi photos up on here since that is what this journal is called after all. I thank y'all for taking the time to look at my photos. If you see any mistakes, or misspellings please feel free to point them out on the entry and I'll correct them. |
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| Mae Sae -Fungi along a rushing mountain stream |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:56 pm] |
The last collecting site that I got a decent amount of photos from and that I'll post here was Mae Sae, which consisted of a riparian area near a rushing mountain stream not to far outside of the town of Mae Sae. Like the areas around the MRC this area was dominated by Dipterocarpus trees. I managed to find some Chantrelles at this site that we served up for dinner on one of the nights at the MRC.
( Mae Sae fungi photos ) |
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| Pathammikaram temple |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:36 pm] |
Right across the street from the Mushroom Research Center is Pathammikaram temple which boasts pristine grounds with lots of trails great for collecting fungi. On the two occasions we went collecting here, we found a dizzying area of diversity of fungi especially among the genera Amanita and Russula.
During our second expedition out to collect at this site, I had found a huge group of Russulas fruiting, and collected a few to bring back to Dr. Steve Miller who is the Russula expert. On the path back towards where the other grant members were, I encountered some local Hills tribe people. I had recently learned the word for mushroom in Thai "hep" and while I couldn't understand nearly anything they said to me, I was able to hear the word "hep" in their question, and nod "Yes" I was mushroom hunting and I pointed back down the path to the large fruiting of the Russulas since there were far more than we could ever need and I know the local people here like to eat Russulas. It was a really cool experience to understand what the local people were asking me in a language I had only began to learn since arriving on the internship. I guess when in another country looking for fungal biodiversity, the word for "mushroom" should be top on your list of words to know.
( Pathammikaram temple fungi ) |
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| Haui Nam Dang National Park |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:24 pm] |
Situated close to the Myanmar border about 30 km from Pai along the very windy mountain highway is Haui Nam Dang National Park. This site was still used for grazing grounds for cattle and water buffalo, therefore there was lots of dung substrate which in addition to the misty habit of the area produced a significant population of Psilocybes and other dung inhabiting fungi. We had the opportunity to meet the world expert on Psilocybe species : Dr. Gaston Guzman, however we unfortunately didn't get to go out into the field with him since he arrived on the very last days of the internship.
( Haui Nam Dang National Park ) |
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| New Waterfall Site |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:14 pm] |
One of the more local sites close to where the MRC was located was among one of our repeat collecting sites. The "New Waterfall" area is a bamboo dominated forest, with some very interesting saphrobes including the neon orange Agaricus trisulfuraterus .
( New Waterfall fungi ) |
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| Doi Inthanon fungi |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|04:09 pm] |
Doi Inthanon is the tallest mountain in Thailand, and the eastern most peak in the Himalayan range. Because of its elevation, it hosts some very unique ecotones otherwise not encountered in the rest of Thailand, namely a Rhododendron forest/Sphagnum bog. This particular forest contains the only native Oak to Thailand: Quercus empuria. In addition to the Rhododendron forest encountered at the summit, we also encountered a very wet Dithorocarpus dominated forest and a very xeric pine dominated forest, all with the Doi Inthanon National park! Thanks to the diversity of Biomes, we encountered a very impressive diversity of fungi.
( Doi Inthanon fungi ) |
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| Doi Suthep Fungi |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|03:14 pm] |
Below the cut are pictures of fungi in the lab and in the field from Doi Suthep, the mountain that overshadows the city of Chiang Mai, which a beautiful Buddhist temple resides on the summit. We collected here several times and found a great diversity of fungi, including a stink horn that would possibly be new to science.
The habitat of Doi Suthep is dominated by Castinopsis and Dipterocarpus trees and receives ample enough moisture to classify it as a wet tropical forest.
( Photos of fungi from Doi Suthep ) |
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| Photos from the Mushroom Research Center |
[Sep. 8th, 2010|01:01 pm] |
Greetings to those who still might watch this journal. I had been meaning to finish transcribing my experiences in Thailand since I was not able to update this journal while still on the trip, however in lieu of coming home I got extremely busy with conferences, moving across the country, starting my PhD program and finishing my master's degree. I've decided instead of sharing my day to day experiences in Thailand, I would instead post what people really care to see on this journal: Photos of Fungi. Therefore the next few entries will contain photos of fungi from me and various other participants on the NSF Fungal Biodiversity training grant.
( Photos from the Mushroom Research Center, 1 hour north of Chiang Mai ) |
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