Saturday, December 19, 2009
Star of Wonder, Star of light
Earthstar fungi for Christmas. Very cool mushrooms. People eat them in Thailand! Astraeus hygrometricus http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2003.html
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Biology,
Christmas,
fungi,
multiple organisms,
Volk
Friday, December 18, 2009
Christmas Lichen-- looks like a wreath
Christmas lichen, Cryptothecia rubrocincta. Beautiful southern fungus/alga combo. Green and red http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2006.html
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Biology,
Christmas,
lichen,
multiple organisms,
wreath
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Yeast shall rise again!
Doing some Christmas baking? Having some Christmas Spirits? You probably are using the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae for your beer, wine, bread, and other snacks. See http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2002.html
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beer,
bread,
Christmas,
cookies,
multiple organisms,
Saccharomyces,
wine,
yeast
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Christmas cactus!
Where does the Christmas cactus come from? Why does it bloom now? See Chris Spangenberg's Organismal biology web page http://bit.ly/5N8ywh
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!
Why do we use Holly at Christmas? How does it grow and stay green all winter? See Kaycee Reberg's Organismal biology page at http://bit.ly/5B14BD
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Biology,
Christmas,
holly,
jolly,
multiple organisms
Monday, December 14, 2009
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
What the heck is myrrh? Why did the Wise Men bring it? Read Rochelle Wink's Organismal Biology page at http://bit.ly/90n8Ol
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Western Australian Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree that's already decorated? Check out Jordan Mortensen's Organismal Biology page about the
Western Australian Christmas Tree,(Nuytsia floribunda),
at
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/mortense_jord/
It's really two plants in one-- a host and a parasite!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Turtledoves
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me….two Streptopelia turtur ? Read about turtledoves at Sarah Schreiner's Organismal biology page at
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/schreine_sara/
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Biology,
Christmas,
multiple organisms,
turtledoves
Friday, December 11, 2009
Kissing under the Mistletoe?
More Christmas Organisms. Why do people kiss under the mistletoe? Read Paul Schroeer-Hannemann's Organismal Biology webpage at http://bit.ly/4r5Rob
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Biology,
Botany,
Chriistmas,
mistletoe,
Organisms
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Poinsettia, the Christmas flower
Christmas Organisms: What's the story of Poinsettias? What are those yellow things in the middle? See Christine Vick's Organismal Biology page at http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/vick_chri/
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Biology,
Christmas,
multiple organisms,
Poinsettia
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Where does peppermint come from?
Christmas organisms:
Read about Peppermint at Nicole Johnson's web page for Organismal Biology at http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/johnson_nic4/
Learn more about other organisms associated with Christmas at MultipleOrganisms.net, the web page from Organismal Biology from the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
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Biology,
Christmas,
multiple organisms,
peppermint
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
What are reindeer really like?
Read Laura Nelson's Organismal Biology web page on Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) at
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/nelson_lau4/
Learn more about other organisms associated with Christmas at MultipleOrganisms.net, the web page from Organismal Biology from the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
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Biology,
Christmas,
multiple organisms,
Rangifer,
reindeer
Monday, December 7, 2009
"Chestnuts roasting on a open fire."
Want to learn more about chestnuts? See UW- La Crosse Organismal Biology student Stephanie Dorman's web page at multipleorganisms.net.
Stephanie's chestnut page is at http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/dorman_step/
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Christmas Organisms
Our Organismal Biology Class at University of Wisconsin- La Crosse has made web pages the past three years. For 2009 all of their web pages are about organisms that are related to Christmas. You'll be surprised at how many kinds of animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and protozoans play a role in Christmas celebrations. Think reindeer, partridge in a pear tree, Christmas trees, swans-a-swimming and even diseases you want to avoid.
See MultipleOrganisms.net to read about all these Christmas organisms.
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animals,
bacteria,
Christmas,
fungi,
multiple organisms,
plants,
protozoans,
viruses
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