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

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.