UT Know How
Seeing this creature before an exam is supposed to garentee an A on your upcoming exams!
The Albino Squirrel
This mushroom is a common topper ingredient in ramen.
Enoki
Sam Shoemaker made this item out of mycelium, and it floats!
A kayak
You can tell if a mushroom is poisonous by how colorful it is
False - A common misconception!
This officer is a chemistry major
Tate!
This celebrity graduated from UT and co-taught a Script to Film class.
Matthew McConaughey
This ancient civilization’s royalty considered mushrooms a royal food and forbade commoners from eating them.
The Egyptians.
These were the questions we asked on the spore-breaker slide (Name at least one!)
What is your favorite hobby?
If you could visit any ecosystem in the world where would you go and why?
Coffee, tea, or mushroom coffee?
Death Caps, one of the most toxic mushroom species, tends to have a mild and pleasant nutty flavor
True! Few have lived to tell the tale, but consolidated reports suggest that Death Ca
This officer is doing ongoing fungi research in the Dewitt Lab
Walker!
This is the name of the cannon that is fired off at the beginning of UT home games.
Smokey the Cannon
This common culinary mushroom is considered carnivorous.
The oyster mushroom!
This person was standing near a dune in their officer picture
Annabella
Some mushroom scan create their own breeze
True! To spread their spores, mushrooms like Shiitake and Oyster varieties, release water vapor that can generate localized air streams to carry off their own spores
This officer crochet a 3 foot tall mushroom this year
Allison!
The Harry Ransom Center houses the first one of these in it’s lobby.
A photograph! (It’s actually quite difficult to make out, but depicts a view of rooftops from a window)
While historically scrounged up by pigs, truffles are now currently tracked and dug up by this animal.
Dogs!
This was the location of the crafting social picture used on the slideshow
South Mall!
Eating raw mushrooms is better for you than cooked mushrooms
False - A rare few mushrooms are even mildly toxic when raw, but perfectly safe to eat once cooked!
This officer has read 53 books this year
Annabella!
This was the original mascot for UT (Hint: It’s NOT Bevo!)
A Dog (Who was named Pig!)
This mushroom is the most used culinary species in the United States, making up 90% of purchased mushrooms.
Button Mushrooms
This is the location where the annual Mycelium Matters Mushroom Conference is hosted
The Etter-Harnin Alumni Center
Fungi can survive in the vacuum of space
True! Antarctic Fungi have been tested and grown on the side of the ISS, even surviving large amounts of radiation in the process
This officer has never been on a successful mushroom foraging walk
Essie!