Portal:Fungi/Did you know/6


 * ... that Mycena nargan was so named because its white speckles were like the eyes of the nargun of Australian aboriginal myth?
 * ... that the Lulworthiaceae are a family of marine fungi that typically grow on submerged wood or seaweed?
 * ... that the fruiting structures of Conidiosporomyces fungi grow in the ovaries of various grass species?
 * ... that species in the aquatic fungus family Loramycetaceae have spores with gelatinous sheaths thought to act as flotation devices?
 * ... that Aliquandostipitaceae members have the widest hyphae in the Ascomycetes?