真菌和动物、植物的亲缘关系到底谁更近？
Among fungi, animals, and plants, which pair is more closely related?
基因分析表明，真菌与动物的亲缘关系比与植物更近，二者同属后鞭毛生物分支，大约在十多亿年前分家。植物则更早分出。所以蘑菇在演化树上其实比树木“更像动物”。
Genetic analysis shows fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants; both sit in the opisthokont branch and split over a billion years ago, while plants diverged earlier. So in the tree of life a mushroom is evolutionarily 'more like an animal' than a tree is.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#真菌系统学 #后鞭毛 #亲缘
为什么森林里最大的“生物”可能是一株真菌？
Why might the largest 'organism' in a forest be a single fungus?
在美国发现的一株蜜环菌通过地下菌丝连成一片，覆盖约9.6平方公里，估计年龄上千岁，被认为是地球上最大的单体生物之一。它靠菌丝网络不断扩张并分解木材，默默统治着整片林地。
A honey fungus in the US connects through underground hyphae across about 9.6 square kilometers, estimated thousands of years old, among the largest single organisms on Earth. It expands via mycelial networks, decomposing wood and quietly dominating the woodland.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#蜜环菌 #最大生物 #菌丝网络
名贵中药“冬虫夏草”到底是虫还是草，它是怎么长出来的？
The prized “winter worm summer grass” (cordyceps)—is it worm or plant, and how does it form?
它既不是虫也不是草，而是真菌：蝙蝠蛾幼虫被虫草菌孢子感染后，菌丝在虫体内生长、消耗它，春天从虫尸头部长出棒状的真菌子实体，看起来像“虫长出了草”。
It's neither worm nor plant but a fungus: a caterpillar infected by cordyceps spores is consumed from inside by fungal threads, then in spring a club-shaped fruiting body sprouts from its head—looking like a “worm that grew grass”.
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Ed Yong,《I Contain Multitudes》Ecco/HarperCollins,2016;中译《我包罗万象》(郑李译),后浪丨北京联合出版公司,2019
Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes, Ecco/HarperCollins, 2016; Chinese ed. (Zheng Li tr.), Beijing United Publishing (Houlang), 2019
#冬虫夏草 #真菌 #寄生
什么是“真菌界”的生物多样性，已知有多少种？
How diverse is the kingdom Fungi, and how many species are known?
科学家已描述约十几万种真菌，但估计真实种类可能超过200万，大多尚未被发现。它们包括酵母菌、霉菌、大型真菌和与水生环境相关的壶菌等。真菌在物质循环和共生网络中扮演不可替代的角色。
About 100,000-plus fungal species have been described, yet estimates suggest over two million may exist, mostly undiscovered. They include yeasts, molds, macrofungi, and chytrids of aquatic habitats. Fungi play irreplaceable roles in nutrient cycling and symbiotic networks.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#真菌多样性 #物种估计 #分解
有些黏菌会“数数”并分工，这是真的吗？
Can some slime molds 'count' and divide labor; is that real?
细胞性黏菌在食物耗尽时会聚成多细胞“蛞蝓体”，部分细胞甘当支撑茎、部分变成孢子囊，以牺牲少数保全繁殖。它们能根据群体大小和自我识别做出类似“决策”的分工，但这是化学调控而非真正意识。
When food runs out, cellular slime molds aggregate into a multicellular 'slug' in which some cells sacrifice themselves as a supporting stalk while others become spore capsules, trading a few for reproductive success. They make division-of-labor 'decisions' based on group size and self-recognition, but via chemical control, not real awareness.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#细胞性黏菌 #分工 #多细胞
为什么有些蘑菇有毒，还长得那么像能吃？
Why are some mushrooms poisonous yet look so much like edible ones?
毒蘑菇的毒素多为防御食草动物演化而来，与可食种外形相似常是趋同而非“伪装成好吃的”。致命的鹅膏菌与可食蘑菇差别细微，靠颜色或虫眼判断并不可靠。最安全的做法是只吃明确鉴别过的种类。
Mushroom toxins evolved mainly to defend against grazers; looking like edible species is usually convergence, not 'disguise as tasty.' Deadly Amanita differs only subtly from edible kinds, and judging by color or insect bites is unreliable. Safest is to eat only clearly identified species.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#毒蘑菇 #鹅膏 #误食
灵芝、木耳这些“菌”和蘑菇是一家吗？
Are lingzhi, wood ear, and mushrooms all one family?
它们都属于真菌界，但亲缘远近不同：灵芝与蘑菇多属担子菌门，木耳也是担子菌但不同纲，形态差异大。共同点是都没有叶绿素、靠菌丝吸收养分。日常“菌”是通俗叫法，分类上跨度可不小。
They all belong to the kingdom Fungi but differ in closeness: lingzhi and mushrooms are mostly Basidiomycota, wood ear is also basidiomycete but a different class with very different form. The common trait is no chlorophyll and feeding via hyphae. The everyday word 'mushroom' spans broad taxonomic distances.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#真菌分类 #担子菌 #木耳
黏菌没有脑子，怎么“解”迷宫？
Slime molds have no brain; how do they 'solve' a maze?
多头绒泡菌是一种单细胞多核黏菌，它靠伸出伪足探索网络，在食物间形成效率最高的通道并舍弃死路，看似像有智能规划。本质是简单的趋化与资源优化，却展现出“分布式计算”般的能力。
Physarum polycephalum is a single-celled, multi-nucleus slime mold that extends pseudopods to explore, forming the most efficient channels between food and abandoning dead ends, appearing to plan intelligently. It is essentially simple chemotaxis and resource optimization, yet shows distributed-computing-like ability.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#黏菌 #迷宫 #分布式计算
什么是“菌根”，森林为什么离不开它？
What is a mycorrhiza, and why can't forests do without it?
菌根是植物细根与真菌形成的共生体，真菌把吸收的磷、氮和水送给树，树把光合糖分分给真菌。绝大多数陆生植物都依赖菌根获取养分，尤其在贫瘠土壤里。砍掉林下菌丝网络会严重削弱幼苗存活。
A mycorrhiza is a symbiosis of fine plant roots with fungus: the fungus supplies phosphorus, nitrogen, and water, and the tree shares photosynthetic sugars. Most land plants depend on it for nutrients, especially in poor soils. Cutting the underground hyphal web badly hurts seedling survival.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#菌根 #森林 #养分交换
青霉素是从哪里发现的？
Where was penicillin discovered from?
青霉素来自青霉菌污染培养皿时抑制了周围细菌的生长，弗莱明在1928年注意到这一现象。后来科学家把它提纯制成抗生素，开创了现代抗细菌感染治疗。它正是一种真菌的化学武器。
Penicillin came from the observation that a Penicillium mold contaminating a dish inhibited surrounding bacteria; Fleming noticed this in 1928. Scientists later purified it into an antibiotic, launching modern antibacterial therapy. It is essentially a fungus's chemical weapon.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#青霉素 #青霉 #抗生素起源
酵母菌为什么能让面团发起来？
Why does yeast make dough rise?
酵母菌在温暖湿润的面团里分解糖，产生二氧化碳和酒精。二氧化碳气体被面筋网兜住形成小气孔，面团就膨胀变松软。烘烤时酒精蒸发、气孔固定，于是有了蓬松的面包。
Yeast in warm, moist dough breaks down sugars into carbon dioxide and alcohol. The gas is trapped by the gluten network as tiny bubbles, making the dough expand and soften. Baking evaporates the alcohol and sets the pores, yielding fluffy bread.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#酵母 #发酵 #二氧化碳
发霉的面包上那些绿毛是什么？
What are the green fuzz on moldy bread?
那是霉菌的菌丝和孢子，最常见的是青霉和曲霉。它们在温暖潮湿处迅速生长，把面包里的养分分解掉并长出带孢子的“毛”来散播后代。有些霉菌会产生有害毒素，所以发霉食物最好整块丢弃。
Those are the hyphae and spores of mold, commonly Penicillium or Aspergillus. In warmth and damp they grow fast, breaking down the bread's nutrients and sprouting fuzzy spore-bearing threads to disperse. Some molds make harmful toxins, so moldy food is best discarded entirely.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#霉菌 #青霉 #孢子
为什么潮湿的墙角会长出“霉斑”一样的图案？
Why do moldy patches like patterns grow in damp corners?
潮湿墙面提供了水分和灰尘里的有机物，孢子落下就萌发成放射状蔓延的菌丝，形成一圈圈或羽状的霉斑。不同菌种颜色不同，常见黑、绿、白。保持干燥和通风是防止霉斑的最好办法。
Damp walls supply water and organic dust for spores to germinate into radially spreading hyphae, forming ringed or feathery patches. Colors vary by species—black, green, white. Keeping dry and ventilated is the best prevention.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
Zhou Deqing, Microbiology Tutorial, 3rd ed., Higher Education Press, 2011
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#霉斑 #孢子 #潮湿
蘑菇是植物吗？它靠什么长大？
Is a mushroom a plant? What does it grow from?
蘑菇不是植物，而是真菌。我们看到的蘑菇只是它的“果实”（子实体），地下还藏着丝状的菌丝网络。真菌没有叶绿素，靠分泌酶分解枯木落叶等有机物吸收养分，是自然界重要的分解者。
A mushroom is not a plant but a fungus. What we see is just its 'fruit' (the fruiting body); underground lies a web of thread-like hyphae. Fungi lack chlorophyll and feed by secreting enzymes to break down dead wood and leaves, making them key decomposers.
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周德庆,《微生物学教程》第3版,高等教育出版社,2011
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#蘑菇 #真菌 #分解者