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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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Shila Seaton, Bacteriology Scheme Manager, UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Public Health England
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Dr. P. Lewis White, Principal Clinical Scientist, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff
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Prof. Dr. Clemens Decristoforo, Radiopharmacist, Univ.Klinik f.Nuklearmedizin, Innsbruck, Austria
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Dr. Martin Hoenigl, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
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Dr. Inês Ushiro-Lumb, Lead Clinical Microbiologist for Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, London
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Dr. Mike Bromley, Lecturer, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester
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Dr. Sharleen Braham, Clinical Scientist, King’s College Hospital, London
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Dr. Duncan Wilson, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen
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Prof. Patricia Muñoz, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain