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SUMMER SCHOOL AT DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Fit some additional college credit hours into your summer plans the convenient way. Summer 2003 classes at Dodge City Community College start right after Memorial Day. Four, five and eight-week sessions give you plenty of flexibility to plan your schedule.
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impressive process of evolution. Trichomycetes are a micro-fungi in the guts of insects, arthropods or joint-legged insects.
White specializes in studying the herpellales, which are larval-aquatic insects like mosquitoes, black flies, may flies and stone flies. The fungus enters the insects as a spore and passes along to a digestive point where it attaches to the lining and grows. The trichomycetes depend on the host's mobility to propagate its spores.
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These fungi have survived by living in insects stomachs for millions of years. White said. And the fungi have found a way to live in and germinate in bugs' stomachs without killing them. An overabundance of the fungi in the bug's system will kill it.
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"They are a phenomenal group because of the challenges they have overcome," White said. "Finding the right gut to germinate in and mature in before the insect sheds the stomach is not an easy thing to do."
With more research, White said the use of trichomycetes was endless. Some uses of the fungi include producing antibiotics and helping researchers understand common questions about evolution and biology. If scientists can cultivate the fungi and distribute it in host habitats, it could form a type of bio-control or pest control.
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—Edited by Todd Rapp
MUSHROOMS IN KANSAS
esculenta, also known as the "sponge mushroom"
Edible
Habitat — can be found under
Yellow morel — Morchella
hardwoods in April and early May. Best places to look are under dying elms, in old apple orchids and along rivers.
Beefsteak (false morels) —
Gyromitra carolimiana
Not edible, poisonous
Habitat — can be found near fallen logs with moisture
humidity and shade. Variable habitats.
Has traces of toxic monomethylhydrazine (MMH).
Yellow chanterelle — Cantharellus cibarius Edible Habitat — can be found under hardwoods and especially in
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rooms, and the three he hunted morels, chanterelles and oysters were top of the line, gourmet mushrooms.
This season hasn't been the best market for hunters because the buyers are flooded with people bringing in mushrooms, especially morels, Teller said.
He doesn't hunt professionally but said if he did he could probably make a little bit of money, like
grassy, bushy areas in summer and early fall.
Said to be able to "arrest the pangs of death" because; if prepared right.
sauteed slowly without harsh spices or thick, greasy sauces, it is delicious.
Oyster — Pleurotus ostreatus
Habitat can be found on decaying logs and trees all
year long but best to look in spring and fall. Most prevalent on willow, cottonwood, elm and along Kansas River flood plains and other river valleys.
Said have a taste similar to an oyster
Jack-o'-Lantern — Omphalotus
illudens
Not edible,
poisonous
Habitat —
grows at base
Most of the people who hunt all of the time are older, Teller said.
a few thousand dollars. He hunts for fun and has found 20 pounds of morels this season.
"It's not mainstream," he said. "There are a lot of old-timers. I find a lot of young people who are interested but not committed to hunting."
Teller said hunting mushrooms was fun and like a game for him.
Source: A Guide to Kansas Mushrooms
"It's like hunting for Easter eggs," he said.
Before Teller started hunting
of trees and stumps in the fall.
If jack-o'-lantern is taken in complete darkness it will have a green glow — need to allow 10 minutes for eyes to adjust to light change.
Chlorophyllum molybdites
Not edible, poisonous Habitat commonly found in
One of the deadliest mushrooms, the amatoxins in one bite is enough to kill an adult.
lewns, pastures and prairies during the summer and early fall. Causes the most deaths in Kansas. Grows in large fairy rings and is commonly mistaken for a parasol mushroom.
deciduous trees
edible mushrooms he learned a lot about the different kinds of mushrooms in Kansas — specifically which were poisonous and which were not. After hunting for seven years, Teller said he advised anyone interested in mushrooms to have a good knowledge of them before they start.
"If you are going to hunt, its best to read and research," Teller said. "Spend time with other hunters and read books over and over."
Edited by Christy Dendurent
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