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January 09, 2020
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Class Agaricomycetes
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class: Agaricomycetes > Order: Cantharellales These are the bracket fungi. 1. Family: Fomitopsidaceae Fomitopsis betulina, birch polypore, birch bracket, razorstrop Phaeolus schweinitzii, dyer’s mazegill 2. Family: Gandodermataceae Ganoderma australe, southern bracket Ganoderma resinaceum 3. Family: Grifolaceae Grifola frondosa, Hen-of-the-wood 4. Family: Meripilaceae Meripilus giganteus, giant polypore 5. … Continue reading "Order Polyporales"
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January 09, 2020
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Class Agaricomycetes
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class: Agaricomycetes > Order: Boletales The boletes and allies is another diverse order of fungi, many of which are edible. .. I have only listed here the families where I have example photos. For a full list see the page for the class Agaricomycetes. The numbering is only for … Continue reading "Order Boletales"
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January 09, 2020
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Class Agaricomycetes
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class: Agaricomycetes > Order: Auriculariales These are the jelly fungi. The banner is the jelly ear fungus. We have come across some splendid specimens on our walks. Family Auriculariaceae Auricularia auricula-judae, jelly ear Exidia nigricans, warlock’s butter Exidia nucleata, crystal brain The crystal brain was identified by the small white mineral … Continue reading "Order Auriculariales"
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December 08, 2019
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Class Agaricomycetes
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class: Agaricomycetes > Order: Agaricales This is by far the largest group of mushroom-forming fungi. They are traditionally known as gill fungi due to the distinctive gills of many of the species. I have only included the families and species where I have photos below. A list of all the families … Continue reading "Order Agaricales"
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December 07, 2019
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Class Agaricomycetes
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class: Agaricomycetes > Order: Russulales Russulas are fairly common. Here, as with everything else, there are some changes but according to the Catalogue of Life (CoL) who use Kew’s Species Funorum database (2017), there are around 3000 species in this order in 13 families with a few not yet assigned a family. … Continue reading "Order Russulales"
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November 18, 2019
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Kingdom Archaea
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KHO
Archaea can live in the most extreme places are often classified according to the environments in which they live: Halophiles are salt-loving, Thermophiles live in extremely high temperatures, Psychrophiles live in extremely cold temperatures and Methanogens are anaerobic and produce methane gas. They can be found from the frozen Artics/Antarchtics to the boiling acidic springs … Continue reading "Kingdom Archaea (Archaebacteria)"
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November 16, 2019
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Kingdom Bacteria
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KHO
Bacteria are single‑celled prokaryotic organisms found in almost every environment on Earth. Although some species cause disease, most are harmless or beneficial, playing essential roles in nutrient cycling, decomposition, and many ecological processes. My own photographs of bacteria are limited, but this section is included to complete the overall classification framework. How Bacteria Are Classified … Continue reading "Kingdom Bacteria (Eubacteria)"
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November 10, 2019
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Kingdom Fungi
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota This large and diverse phylum include mushrooms and toadstools, bracket fungi, puffballs, earthstars and stinkhorns, club and coral fungi, tooth fungi, jelly fungi, rusts and smuts and certain yeasts. Most of the common fungi we see belong either here or under Ascomycota. The classes and orders where I have photos … Continue reading "Phylum Basidiomycota"
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November 09, 2019
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Kingdom Fungi
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KHO
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Ascomycota The ascomycetes are the sac fungi, so named because of the reproductive spores contained in a special sac called ascus during the sexual stage. Many of the ascomycetes live on dead organic matter and many are plant pathogens, some are animal pathogens and a few are edible mushrooms, examples of … Continue reading "Phylum Ascomycota"
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November 01, 2019
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Class Insecta
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KHO
Hexapods represent the most successful body plan in the history of terrestrial life. The name Hexapoda literally translates to “six feet,” which is the defining characteristic of this group. Unlike other arthropods like spiders (eight legs) or centipedes (many legs), hexapods have a body strictly divided into three sections: a head, a thorax (where the … Continue reading "Subphylum Hexapoda — Insects & Relatives"
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