Crowd spore-cing
Jul. 15th, 2013 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
urbpanTwo interesting Kickstarter projects became known to me today:
This one (already funded) will result in a much-needed field guide to slime molds. It's a guide to Australian slime molds, but I'm hoping it will be useful in North America as well--many species are cosmopolitan and widespread.
"Bringing Zombie Ants to Life" is a winning title for a project to create a curriculum and open source gallery on the subject of Cordyceps, a group of parasitic fungi that change the behavior of animals. These fungi infect an animal host, invade its nervous system and control the animals' mind, making the animal into a vehicle for the reproduction of the fungus. You may be somewhat aware of Cordyceps from David Attenborough or a video game.
This one (already funded) will result in a much-needed field guide to slime molds. It's a guide to Australian slime molds, but I'm hoping it will be useful in North America as well--many species are cosmopolitan and widespread.
"Bringing Zombie Ants to Life" is a winning title for a project to create a curriculum and open source gallery on the subject of Cordyceps, a group of parasitic fungi that change the behavior of animals. These fungi infect an animal host, invade its nervous system and control the animals' mind, making the animal into a vehicle for the reproduction of the fungus. You may be somewhat aware of Cordyceps from David Attenborough or a video game.
