Portal:Fungi/Did you know/13


 * ... that species in the fungal genus Rhodocollybia have spores that are dextrinoid?
 * ... that colonization of mature black spruce trees by jelly drops helps protect them from future infection by rot-causing fungi?
 * ... that Leucopaxillus albissimus, one of the larger mushrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area, has a fruiting body unusually resistant to decay?
 * ... that the whitish powder found on the spore sac of the beaked earthstar is made of crystalline calcium oxalate?
 * ... that the "wrinkled peach" mushroom requires light from the red end of the visible spectrum to induce fruiting?