From eurekalert.org

Desert-loving fungi and lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art

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Researchers sampled microflora from the rocks bearing unique, millennia-old petroglyphs in the Negev desert. The diversity and abundance of species found on these rocks was low, suggesting that few can survive the harsh conditions. Most identified species from the petroglyphs were specialized...

#fungi #negev #lichens #science #petroglyphs

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From radio.cz

Rare mushroom, previously thought to only grow in US, discovered in Moravia

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A Czech amateur mycologist has discovered a unique truffle-like mushroom in South Moravia, previously thought to grow only in the west of the United States. 

#fungi #palava #forests #mushroom

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From archive.org

Butterflies of Hongkong : Kershaw, John C. W : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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3 preliminary leaves, [iii]-v, [7]-184 pages 34 cm

#book #birds #fungi #nature #archive #butterflies #scientificillustration

on Dec 25