Recently I looked up about when fungi evolved. And wow it was over a billion and half years ago. Hard to imagine the science behind that number. A fossilized fungus called Tortotubus was found to be 440 mya!
On 2024-11-05 you may recall that I took note of this puffball.
It only grew slightly taller. Interesting enough multiple of the puffballs have popped up in our woods. Furthermore no other type of fungi have come up, just puffballs. At least not the big mushrooms.
Then by November 13 it seemed to run out of steam. No spores puffed out any longer. Doesn’t this look a face. 🙂
Gotta love the stinkhorns!
Additionally it is always fun to see who shows up. I had this fly and a larger fly with a green abdomen.
A mold digesting!
Maybe it had burped (a few days later). LOL.
This is same mold above. Surprising to me it has re-covered the surface. Isn’t that cool!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
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So cool! Have you ever read about sponges? Fungi and sponges seem to share in their adaptability and unique and hidden roles in sustaining our planet. Sponges (anything under the sea) really fascinate me. If you have not, you might enjoy making your own land & sea connections 😉
I have not delved into sponges. I guess being landlocked most of the time the questions about the ocean has not crossed my mind often. But with a quick search I see the fossil evidence suggests 880 mya. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge). Fascinating for sure. Trying to interpret the rocks, soil, and under the ocean, etc…so much to learn! Thanks!!!
So cool! Have you ever read about sponges? Fungi and sponges seem to share in their adaptability and unique and hidden roles in sustaining our planet. Sponges (anything under the sea) really fascinate me. If you have not, you might enjoy making your own land & sea connections 😉
I have not delved into sponges. I guess being landlocked most of the time the questions about the ocean has not crossed my mind often. But with a quick search I see the fossil evidence suggests 880 mya. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge). Fascinating for sure. Trying to interpret the rocks, soil, and under the ocean, etc…so much to learn! Thanks!!!
You might look for freshwater sponges! https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab/vol21/iss3/1/
Wow! I wonder if I have seen them but just didn’t recognize them as such. For sure I will be on the look out for them now!! Thanks!!
That’s a really good article about the social repercussions of the Klamath River dam removal project. Such a complicated situation.
Indeed an interesting look at all sides.
Wonderful timelines on the mold and fungi – really cool digesting pic! So seepy/gooey.
Seems the scientists are interpreting the rocks, i.e. fossils with new eyes and new science to give us new insights to life long ago. Go science!