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A detective who solves murders, dinners, and mysteries all hiding in the same beige cap.
means A scientist who studies fungi — mushrooms, molds, yeasts, and the vast hidden networks they form.
from From Greek 'mykes' (fungus, mushroom) plus '-logia' (the study of). 'Mykes' itself originally meant something more like 'mucus' or a slimy fungal growth, which is fitting — early Greeks lumped together all the soft, spongy, suspiciously moist things that sprang up overnight. The '-ology' suffix is the same workhorse found in biology and geology, marking this as a proper field of study rather than a hobby. The word entered English in the 19th century, as naturalists finally decided fungi deserved their own discipline, separate from botany.
- Web wranglers
- Study the largest organism on Earth, by area
- High stakes
- One misidentification can poison or save lives
- Hidden kingdom
- Most species they study remain undescribed
- Death cap
- Trained to spot the world's deadliest mushroom
- Ancient allies
- Fungi predate land plants by millions of years
paul stamets — mycologist who discovered psilocybin species and advocates fungal conservation; ted talks with millions of views
nicholas money — mycologist at miami university studying slime molds and fungal behavior since 1970s
giuliana furci — chilean mycologist and founder of fungi foundation, first woman to identify 2 new fungal species in chile