Portal:Fungi/Did you know/3


 * ... that the bleeding tooth fungus secretes a red juice that contains an anticoagulant similar in biological activity to heparin?
 * ... that the pinwheel Marasmius releases its spores in response to rain, rather than circadian rhythm like other mushrooms?
 * ... that the royal fly agaric was the German Mycological Society's "Mushroom of the Year" in 2000?
 * ... that the fungal genus Polytolypa is known from a single specimen found growing on dung of the North American porcupine?
 * ... that only eastern Northern American strains of the bitter oyster, a widely distributed mushroom species, are bioluminescent?