Most of us know about amatoxins and deadly amanita poisonings: a terrible way to die and not much fun even if you survive, but you have to actually EAT phalloides to be poisoned by amatoxins. What most people don't know is that the deadly amanitas also contain an even more potent and deadly toxin: phalloidin.
On Saturday, May 17th our Wildflower Week walk in Inwood Hill Park had a nice big group of the myco-curious. The weather was perfect, lots of mushrooms […]
See the Video: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/10/03/us/100000002479549/the-mushroom-hunters.html Read the Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/faded-dreams-of-riches-drive-pursuit-of-a-celebrated-fungus.html?ref=dining Or see the slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/10/02/us/20131003_MUSHROOMS.html?ref=us
Fairy Rings 2.0 – Jan Mun brings her work to the ExxonMobil Greenpoint Petroleum Remediation Site September 6th, 2013 This summer, NCA Artist-in-Residence Jan Mun implemented the second […]