Basic Mycology
Contrary to popular belief, fungi are most closely related to this phylum.
What is Animalia?
The morphological group of basidiomycetes that are used to make paper.
What are Polypores?
The mushroom that causes the zombie apocalypse in The Last of Us.
What is Cordyceps or Ophiocordyceps sinensis?
The mold found on bread used for its antibacterial powers
What is penicillin (Penicillium chrysogenum)?
This e-board member is also the vice president of the Psychedelic club.
What is Stephen?
Two popular methods used to reproduce mushrooms that you like.
What are spore prints and cloning?
What part of a mushroom can you turn into building materials?
What is mycelium?
The mushroom that influenced Santa Claus’ outfit as we know it.
What is Fly agaric or Amanita Muscaria?
What mushroom is known as "elixir of long life," lives up for 75 years, and is on the brink of extinction?
What is Agarikon, Fomitopsis officinalis?
Lili’s favorite mushroom.
What are cracked cap polypores?
The category of fungi that lives in a symbiotic relationship with a plant’s roots.
What is mycorrhizal?
This polypore can be used to make a makeshift antimicrobial bandaid.
What is birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)?
Terence McKenna, suggests that the consumption of psilocybin mushrooms by early humans played a crucial role in the development of cognitive abilities, language, and culture.
What is the stoned ape theory?
Compounds found in this wood decaying mushroom inhibit blood clotting and which can be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
What are the Wood ear/ Judas’ ear mushrooms (Auricula-judae)?
Has been an officer of two different mycology clubs.
What is Julian?
Name three spore producing structures found on the underside of a cap.
What are gills, pores and teeth?
Mushroom that can be turned into a yellow-green or orange-brown dye
What is the Dyer’s Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)?
The mushroom that “cured” Paul Stamets’s (famous mycologist) stutter.
What are hallucinogenic mushrooms, or Psilocybe cubensis?
This saprophytic mushroom is found to enhance Nerve Growth Factor secretion from neurons
What is Lion’s Mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) ?
These e-board members have conducted myco-remediation projects (independently).
What are Rhiannon and Lili?
You can eat any mushroom this many times.
What is once?
The mushroom that was found on Otzi that can be used to start a fire?
What is the tinder mushroom Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)?
The largest known organism on Earth and where it exists, how big it is and how old it is
What is a the mycelial mat of the honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae) in Eastern Oregon that is 890 hectares wide and 2000 years old
What is Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)?