The Alabamycologist
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | post doctoral researcher |
| Location | Auburn, AL, United States |
| Introduction | This blog is usually about fungi, and occasionally about Alabama, and very infrequently about both. |
| Interests | mycology, botany, entomology, other types of non-charismatic microfauna |
| Favorite movies | Mothra, The Godfather pt. 2, The 10,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Destroy all Monsters, Godzilla (the original Japanese version and the Raymond Burr one is okay too) |
| Favorite music | All kinds of things, John Coltrane, Talking Heads, Hank Williams (Sr of course), Johnny Cash, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Meat Puppets, Beck, Ali Farka Toure, Andres Segovia, Bad Brains, Bad Livers, Cake, Django Reinhardt, Desmond Dekker, James Brown, Kiss, Outkast, Modest Mouse, Ween, Nat King Cole, Balinese Gamelan (Javan is a bit too staid for me), Gnarls Barkley, Gabby Pahinui, and some others |
| Favorite books | Mushrooms Demystified, Magical Mushrooms Mischievous Molds, Introductory Mycology, Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, Just about anything by Kurt Vonnegut, The Palm Wine Drinkard or anything by Amos Tutuola, Lolita, Finnegan's Wake, The Soul of the White Ant, the works of Carl Hiaasen |
Do you believe that forks are evolved from spoons?
I don't "believe" in evolution. I look at the evidence, and use evolution as the best available model. That said, forks share more homology with knives than spoons.