Comments on: The Softer Side of Aspergillus http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: Nathan http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:42 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1796#comment-142 I loved that video, especially the zoom out to the pickle at the end. :) I also liked the illusion of walking through a forest of Aspergillus “palm trees.”

The Russian title at the end, by the way, is simply the word MOLD.

]]> By: Oroboros http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:27:39 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1796#comment-141 I think I attended a Colorado Mycological Society event at the Denver Botanic Gardens around 1999 and have good memories of it. I have a definition fascination with all things fungal and need to spend some time identifying a variety of mushrooms that I’ve photographed including these and these. The latter in particular interest me for their strength in breaking through compacted driveway. I recall reading a book that had numerous stories of the lifting feats that mushrooms can perform. Most of my google searches for mushroom strength invariably lead to Psilocybe which isn’t what I’m after. Even when I exclude that and break out my best google-fu, the best I could really find was this article I can’t access at JSTOR.

Speaking of microscopes, I’m sure you’ve seen the recent winners in Nikon’s Small World contest? Thinkgeek has a variety of lower end wired and wireless microscopes that I’ve been considering for a while.

I’ve also been meaning to mention Carl Zimmer’s upcoming talk on evolution at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I recently read an older book he wrote, Parasite Rex, and enjoyed it enough that I ordered all his newer books. There are of course some very perverse fungal zombie parasites out there that get covered in that book.

]]> By: Psi Wavefunction http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:04:44 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1796#comment-140 Heh, when I saw that MycoRant was based in Colorado, I thought “Oooh… those two would get along quite well” =P

The animation was pretty awesome! Glad to know that computer work is still alive and well in my home country…

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:17:48 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1796#comment-139 Thanks Phil! I actually found out about MycoRant through the Colorado Mycological Society. Thank YOU for putting all the fungal news in one place.

]]> By: Phil http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/04/the-softer-side-of-aspergillus/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:06:41 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1796#comment-138 Nice blog. Thanks for linking in to my post featuring the Aspergillus animation. I thought it was very cool too. Let me know in the future anytime you make a post having to do with fungi.

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