www.hongos.cl

Welcome to this Chilean site dedicated to the amazing Kingdom of the Fungi

Here you will find a magical and colouful space to get to know the organic material recyclers of the planet. You can also see news, documents and recipes related to fungi from different parts of the world.

What are fungi?

Fungi in Chile (only in Spanish)

Myths and pagan stories

Interesting recipes (soon to come)

Links

News:

05/06/07: Hongo encontrado en ámbar tiene 100 millones de años

25/04/07: Identifican el fósil de un hongo gigantesco

30/3/07: Researchers discover link between fungus and ethanol

26/10/06: New Glowing Fungi Species Found in Brazil

23/10/06: Dual-action bacterium fights fungal infection in crops

24/07/06: La Tercera - Hallan hongo de "la eterna juventud" en República Checa

13/6/06: Reuters - Tibetan herders join rush for prize fungus

Documents:

CULTIVATION THE EDIBLE MUSHROOM PLEUROTUS  SPP IN THE URBAN AREA OF THE CITY OF MANIZALES

EL HONGO REISHI: CULTIVO EN VENEZUELA

IDENTIFICACIÓN Y CARACTERIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS NO MADERABLES EN EL BOSQUE NATIVO CHILENO

"A WORLDWIDE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE
NEUROTROPIC FUNGI. AN ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION"
de Gastón Guzmán, John W. Allen & Jochen Gartz

"ABORIGINAL USE OF FUNGI"
Australian Government, written by Heino Lepp.

"MUSHROOM PICKING DOES NOT IMPAIR FUTURE HARVESTS
- RESULTS OF A LONG-TERM STUDY IN SWITZERLAND"
de Simon Egli et al.

FIND A FUNGUS YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY ?
WANT TO KNOW ITS NAME ?
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Coming soon:

USEFUL TIPS ......

How to take a spore print