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Chris Sperring and Michael Jordan of the Association of British Fungus Groups go in search of giant bracket fungus in Dommett Wood in Somerset.
Bracket fungus grow on a variety of native trees. The vegetative part of the fungus, known as mycelium, grows under the bark of fallen wood or living trees, and will eventually break down and rot the host tree. However, the part that can most easily be seen is the fruiting body of bracket fungus. These fruiting bodies, growing on tree trunks and fallen logs, allow the fungus to reproduce and exist to produce and liberate millions of microscopic spores.
BBC Radio 4 2015
Medical and Patient education videos
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Chair: Prof. Peter Donnelly
Proposers: Drs. Keith Wilson (BMT Unit, Cardiff) & Vanya Gant (Microbiology, UCLH, London)
Opposers: Drs. Brian Jones (Microbiology, Glasgow) & Stephen Ellis (Imaging, Barts, London) -
Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
Dr. Subathira Dakshina, Genito-Urinary Medicine & HIV, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London -
Prof. Paul Verweij, Microbiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Dr. Gemma Johnson & Prof. Stephen Bustin, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford
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Dr. Chris Thornton, University of Exeter
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Prof. Rosemary Barnes, Cardiff University School of Medicine
Dr. Mansour Ceesay, King’s College Hospital, London -
An annual clinical forum intended to provide updates on a wide range of fungal infection topics
http://fungalupdate.org/
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Prof. David Denning, Professor of Infectious Diseases in Global Health, The University of Manchester
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Dr. Rohini Manuel, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Public Health England, London