Portal:Fungi/Did you know/22

... that Lactarius pallidus is typically found half-buried in leaf litter at the base of beech or birch trees?
... that the mushroom Cortinarius triumphans has a cap which is slimy in wet weather and sticky in dry?
... that detection of fungal infection by the wood-decay fungus Fuscoporia torulosa can be performed in six hours using the polymerase chain reaction?
... that applying potassium hydroxide to the blue and yellow Australian mushroom Cortinarius rotundisporus will turn it pinkish-purple?
... that the first reported sighting of the bird's nest fungus Cyathus helenae was on mountain scree in the Canadian Rockies?