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Photography of Fungi
Talks by NWFG Presidents
- Why fungi are important [Professor A.J. Whalley]
- All you ever wanted to know about mycelium? [Dr Juliet C Frankland]
- Fungi, fairy rings and Father Christmas - the mythology of fungi [Dr Sean Edwards]
- The natural history of slime moulds [Professor Bruce Ing]
- Exobasidium [Professor Bruce Ing]
- Fungi and Climate Change [Professor Bruce Ing]
Interviews
Local Reports and Workshops
- Cheshire grassland fungi
- Some fungi in a small suburban park
- Fungi found in Calderstones Park
- Fungi in South Cumbria - 1996 & 1997
- Report on the first residential foray of the NWFG (at Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria)
- Leccinum workshop
- Daldinia growing on burnt wood (Moore Nature Reserve, Warrington)
Microscopy and Photography
- I think I want a microscope
- Guide to chemicals for fungal microscopy
- Free digital camera with every scanner
Articles of General Interest
- James Bolton of Halifax
- Beginners Guide to Earth Tongues [with key]
- Talking rot... and mildew!
- Cultivation of edible mushrooms on cotton waste
- Fungal biotechnology
- Ascomycetes - love them or hate them
- The meaning of the Latin/Greek names of some larger fungi
- Fungal ecology - attached oak branches
- Fungi and cheese-making
- French fungi
- Beatrix Potter at the Ambleside Museum and Armitt Library
- Honey fungus - friend or foe?
- Is it adnexed, emarginate or sinuate?