Chicken of the Woods

Laetiporus
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Fact: Leatiporus is an edible mushroom found in North Vancouver. Many people say it tastes like chicken!

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Graphic by Fraser Wagner

Roya

Hemileia vastatrix
Scale 2 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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El Movimiento: 2

Juego: Este hongo causa enfermedades en plantas (fitopatógeno). Se juega junto a una planta y le quita un punto de valor en el juego.
Dato: Hemileia vastatrix causa la Roya del café. La peor epidemia de Roya en Colombia se dio en los años 80.

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Bolete Species

Leccinum spp.
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Play: Only on trembling aspen or paper birch.

Fact: Boletes rely on the roots of specific trees species for food. There are aspen boletes and birch boletes in the boreal forest.

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Leccinum is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was the name given first to a series of fungi within the genus Boletus, then erected as a new genus last century. Their main distinguishing feature is the small, rigid projections (scabers) that give a rough texture to their stalks. The genus name was […] read more

Mycorrhizal Fungi

Oidiodendron sp.
Scale 3 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Play: Oidiodendron must be played adjacent to a PLANT SPECIES

Fact: Oidiodendron forms a mutualistic relationship with the roots of most plant species

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A mycorrhiza (Gk. μυκός, mykós, “fungus” and ριζα, riza, “roots”,[1] pl mycorrhizae, mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic (generally mutualistic, but occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant.[2] In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant’s roots, either intracellularly as in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), or extracellularly as […] read more

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1

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Amanita muscaria is a PARASITE of Pinopsida, Coniferophyta, Magnoliopsida cards.
Amanita muscaria is poisonous. “A fatal dose has been calculated at approximately 15 caps.”

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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric (pronounced /ˈæɡərɪk/) or fly Amanita (pronounced /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/), is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as […] read more