Scared of Spiders? Also Scared of Zombies? We Have Some Bad News.

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of Us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/science/spiders-fungus-zombies-bbc.html #spiders #science #Fungii

Torres Xemelgas

#fungos #fungii

Botanists and mycologists have collected and studied fungi from the subantarctic islands since 1840.

However, there is still much to learn about the mycoflora of these islands. Te Papa were fortunate to have a mycologist, Toni Atkinson, on their research team as part of the Strannik 2023 Auckland Island Expedition.

Learn more about some of the collections they made and research being done on the fungi of Motu Maha Auckland Islands.

https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/03/05/the-fungi-of-motu-maha-auckland-islands/ #fungii #museums #TePapa #botany

pequeno fungo nun camiño

#fungii #photography

🍄 algún tipo de #russula de cor púrpura/violeta? 🤔 Suxírenme iso.

#fujiX #helios442 #fungii #fungiverse

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#FujiX e2 with #macro ring (10mm) and #helios442

Mushroom season is my favourite part of Mastodon, I think. Took a walk at lunch today and met these little friends.

#mushtodon #mushrooms #mushroom #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #woodland #woods #forest #fungus #fungii #friends