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Like a Phoenix: Fungi That Arise from the Ashes of Forest Fires
March 10, 2021
Andrew Wilson
The scientific study of fire in nature is a growing field known as fire ecology. In this field we have learned that trees like lodgepole pines ( Pinus contorta) require fire to complete their
Fungal herbarium to be named for its founder
May 29, 2009
Research & Conservation
Forty years ago, a family physician named Dr. Sam Mitchel turned a hobby into a real scientific endeavor by establishing a "mushroom collection" at Denver Botanic Gardens. The fungal collection at the