The word mycologist has appeared in six articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 16 in “Hunting the Wild Mushrooms of New York City” by Andy Newman. The article reports on some mushroom expeditions:
There were small growths “like Easter eggs” underneath a blanket of black fibers, she said. Ms. Jakob sent samples to a mycologist, who agreed that she had discovered a new species and helped her publish a paper describing it.
Mr. Crenson, a graphic designer, had a similar experience. In 2021, at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, he discovered a fungus that “looked a bit like chocolate chips sticking up out of a cookie,” he said. A mycologist later named it after him: Nemania ethancrensonii.
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