Nemaphageous Fungi and other Wonders of soil.

[DirtMechanic]

This was really cool. Imagine a fungi lassoing a nematode worm and eating it. Here is the home video. Or remora style creatures like on a whale shark only with evil intent for the nema that want your tomatoes. It does not take a big step to see that organic matter supporting the right type of fungi can have good effect suppressing pathogenic nematodes.

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[Becky]

Fascinating stuff! Love their voices too

 

[DirtMechanic]

@Becky thank you, though my wife said it was not suitable for "meal and a movie" time.

 

[Becky]

Haha! We plan on hunting down a tardigrade one of these days, lots of mossy trees round here so I think we stand a good chance of finding one. The microscopic world is fascinating!

 

[DirtMechanic]

I have a 200x microscope for my pc at home that I keep intending to install. One more project in my ever expanding universe of projects

 

[alp]

@Becky thank you, though my wife said it was not suitable for "meal and a movie" time.

Agree with her! 100%! My stomach was churning .. and I needed to stop!

 

[DirtMechanic]

Gardening is not for the faint of heart.

 

[alp]

Gardening is not for the faint of heart.

As long as I don't have to look at them up close and personal! LOL! Yes, a bit creepy looking at the creepy expanding and contracting body!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Nature is truly amazing!