The Idol, 1965

In this issue: new writers appearing in this issue are Donald Abood and Harold Neunder, both of Professor Gado\u27s Creative Writing Class. Professor Gado\u27s notes comment on them as well as other pieces appearing in this Idol. Paul Sherwin contributes two poems showing the profound influence of Dylan Thomas, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the folk singer-poet, Bob Dylan. Jeffrey Hedquist and Douglass Allen contribute two pieces of verse in conventional style. And Martin Jay returns after a year in Europe with two precise pieces. Lawrence Weitz is the present Counsellor to Students and an instructor in psychology; he contributes the record of an intriguing dream.https://digitalworks.union.edu/idol/1051/thumbnail.jp

The Idol, 1964

In this issue: Eight of our contributors appear in the Idol for the first time: Daniel F. McLister, winner of honorable mention in last spring\u27s Academy of American Poets contest, is represented by two intricate pieces of verse. A. Rutherford justifies his existence admirably. Stephen Granger contributes with a simple pastoral. Robert Milder contributes an essay on existentialism which won some praise from Prof. Kurtz. Peter Blue, a member of Prof. Gado\u27s Creative Writing course, makes his first appearance with an untitled poem. Charles Nunzio and Ken R. Wilkes make good representatives of the new freshman class with two poems and an entertaining sketch respectively. And Wayne Franklin submits a poem on one of the major problems of any age - communication.https://digitalworks.union.edu/idol/1052/thumbnail.jp

ML tree of Amanita afn lavendula taxon 1 ML1-2

Nexus file. PhyML tree based on Mitochondrial rRNA large subunit sequences amplified with primers ML1 and ML

Amanita afn_lavendua Taxon 1 ITS consensus sequence

Amanita afn lavendula taxon 1 ITS consensus sequenc

Data from: Intragenomic nuclear RNA variation in a cryptic Amanita taxon

Amanita cf. lavendula collections in eastern North America, Mexico, and Costa Rica were found to consist of four cryptic taxa, one of which exhibited consistently unreadable nuclear rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (fungal barcode) sequences after ITS1 base 130. This taxon is designated here as Amanita cf. lavendula taxon 1. ITS sequences from dikaryotic basidiomata were cloned, but sequences recovered from cloning did not segregate into distinct haplotypes. Rather, there was a mix of haplotypes that varied among themselves predominantly at 28 ITS positions. Analysis of each of these 28 variable bases showed predominantly two alternate bases at each position. Based on these findings and additional sequence data from the nuclear rDNA 28S, RNA polymerase II subunit 2 (RPB2) and mitochondrial rDNA small subunit (SSU) and 23S genes, we speculate that taxon 1 represents an initial hybridization event between two divergent taxa followed by failure of the ribosomal repeat to homogenize. Homogenization failure may be a result of repeated hybridization between divergent internal transcribed spacer (ITS) types with inadequate time for concerted evolution of the ribosomal repeat or, alternately, a complete failure of the ribosomal homogenization process. To our knowledge, this finding represents the first report of a geographically widespread taxon (Canada, eastern USA, Costa Rica) with apparent homogenization failure across all collections. Findings such as these have implications for fungal barcoding efforts and the application of fungal barcodes in identifying environmental sequences

Amanita afn lavendula taxon 1 cloned ITS sequences

Cloned Amanita afn lavendula taxon 1 ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequence

Palaeotropical origins, boreotropical distribution and increased rates of diversification in a clade of edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (Amanita section Caesareae)

Aim The geographical distributions of most fungal species are still poorly known; consequently, their origins and historical distributions remain largely understudied. High levels of cryptic diversity, scarce fossil records and poorly sampled regions can explain some of these shortcomings. We extensively sampled an iconic group of edible ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi, Amanita caesarea and its allies, in order to infer evolutionary patterns on a global scale

A sampling of the diversity of color and form within the genus <i>Amanita</i>.

<p>Clockwise, from top left, <i>Amanita muscaria</i> subsp. <i>flavivolvata</i>, <i>Amanita frostiana</i>, <i>Amanita jacksonii</i>, an undescribed <i>Amanita</i> species, the saprotrophic <i>Amanita manicata</i>, and <i>Amanita phalloides</i>.</p