Myco-morsels https://myco-morsels.podbean.com The podcast of Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts: a bit of a mix of fungal ecology, biology, taxonomy, identification and stories, conversations and other interesting myco-morsels. Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:40:58 +0000 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en gb Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Science:Natural Sciences 1440 episodic Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19444429/Myco-morsels_icon_2048_bubbb4.jpg Myco-morsels https://myco-morsels.podbean.com 144 144 Saprotrophs Saprotrophs https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/saprotrophs/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/saprotrophs/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:40:58 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/6986736f-c382-306e-9fa4-004b5bee7f91 Fungi have a number of nutritional strategies or lifestyles and the most common is that of feeding on dead organic matter.

 

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]]> Fungi have a number of nutritional strategies or lifestyles and the most common is that of feeding on dead organic matter.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 702 11 full Major fungus groups: Basidiomycota Major fungus groups: Basidiomycota https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/major-fungus-groups-basidiomycota/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/major-fungus-groups-basidiomycota/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:51:11 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/2172cb24-ff7c-37d9-9fd5-5e5709297251 Basidiomycota: the group that contains all the popular fungi.

 

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]]> Basidiomycota: the group that contains all the popular fungi.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 593 10 full Major fungus groups: Ascomycota Major fungus groups: Ascomycota https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/major-fungus-groups-ascomycota/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/major-fungus-groups-ascomycota/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:17:29 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/ced99645-72c5-3706-912c-04ba3235f89f Ascomycota: the biggest fungal phylum and the home of many of the species you might come across.

 

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]]> Ascomycota: the biggest fungal phylum and the home of many of the species you might come across.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 511 9 full Myco-morsels with Chris Myco-morsels with Chris https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/myco-morsels-with-chris/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/myco-morsels-with-chris/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:00:38 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/39ceb59e-b76b-30c5-83ae-133d5cf49385 Here I talk with Chris, one of the members of the ELFE Coordinating Team.

 

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]]> Here I talk with Chris, one of the members of the ELFE Coordinating Team.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 559 8 full Macroscopic features of brackets Macroscopic features of brackets https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/macroscopic-features-of-brackets/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/macroscopic-features-of-brackets/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:57:13 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/9e5a2db1-3d25-3eec-bbfb-d3bfcaa8d238 There are two sets of features to look for on fungi to help you identify them: macroscopic and microscopic. The first to look at are the macroscopic features. This episode focuses on brackets.

 

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]]> There are two sets of features to look for on fungi to help you identify them: macroscopic and microscopic. The first to look at are the macroscopic features. This episode focuses on brackets.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 402 7 full Macroscopic features of mushrooms Macroscopic features of mushrooms https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/macroscopic-features-of-mushrooms/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/macroscopic-features-of-mushrooms/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:11:45 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/19f96eca-8370-3bca-b8e4-a984c12969d1 There are two sets of features to look for on fungi to help you identify them: macroscopic and microscopic. The first to look at are the macroscopic features. This episode focuses on mushrooms.

 

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]]> There are two sets of features to look for on fungi to help you identify them: macroscopic and microscopic. The first to look at are the macroscopic features. This episode focuses on mushrooms.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 598 6 full Mycelium: the structure of fungi Mycelium: the structure of fungi https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/mycelium-the-structure-of-fungi/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/mycelium-the-structure-of-fungi/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:25:49 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/90ab8ebf-8ae4-3464-ab6f-8b073ee93850 Here, we look more closely at the main structure of fungi: the mycelium.

 

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]]> Here, we look more closely at the main structure of fungi: the mycelium.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 424 5 full Myco-morsels with Cameron Myco-morsels with Cameron https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/myco-morsels-with-cameron/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/myco-morsels-with-cameron/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:15:01 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/d3a98869-1982-3464-a032-456b33d5b27f In this episode, Cameron - chairperson of ELFE - tells us a few short stories.

 

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]]> In this episode, Cameron - chairperson of ELFE - tells us a few short stories.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 448 4 full Intro to fungus identification Intro to fungus identification https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/intro-to-fungus-identification/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/intro-to-fungus-identification/#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:06:11 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/94d188c9-8684-3b79-99d5-8c3b1b0e8e41 Today we're doing a quick overview of how to start identifying fungi - what to pay attention to and what features to look at.

 

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]]> Today we're doing a quick overview of how to start identifying fungi - what to pay attention to and what features to look at.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 311 3 full Intro to fungal ecology Intro to fungal ecology https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/intro-to-fungal-ecology/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/intro-to-fungal-ecology/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:14:11 +0000 myco-morsels.podbean.com/c11708c7-f7ea-32f1-9579-4b887a3211fc In this episode we take a brief dip into fungal ecology - how fungi relate to their environment and to each other - and they have some really interesting ecologies.

 

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]]> In this episode we take a brief dip into fungal ecology - how fungi relate to their environment and to each other - and they have some really interesting ecologies.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 386 3 full What are fungi? What are fungi? https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/what-are-fungi/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/what-are-fungi/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 19:41:35 +0100 myco-morsels.podbean.com/be81e456-152d-38e5-9c86-1c276978c764 Today we’re going to start at the beginning and ask, what are fungi? I admit that this does stray onto the realm of scientific classification, but bear with me.

 

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]]> Today we’re going to start at the beginning and ask, what are fungi? I admit that this does stray onto the realm of scientific classification, but bear with me.

 

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]]> Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts false No 409 2 full Welcome to Myco-morsels Welcome to Myco-morsels https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-myco-morsels/ https://myco-morsels.podbean.com/e/welcome-to-myco-morsels/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 19:37:05 +0100 myco-morsels.podbean.com/86b33616-b3be-33a1-802e-84b633e8a7fe Welcome to Myco-morsels, the podcast of the Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts. Myco-morsels is going to cover lots of aspects of fungi, from their ecology and biology to their identification, as well as telling stories that show how fascinating and amazing fungi are.

 

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]]> Welcome to Myco-morsels, the podcast of the Edinburgh & Lothians Fungus Enthusiasts. Myco-morsels is going to cover lots of aspects of fungi, from their ecology and biology to their identification, as well as telling stories that show how fascinating and amazing fungi are.

 

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