MPCS notified the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and, together with the Minnesota Mycological Society (MMS), they initiated an investigation.

To gain publicity for the native species, the TFRI will also submit the discovery to Mycotaxon, a journal promoting publication of discoveries in fungal biodiversity, and to Mycoscience, an official English-language journal of the Mycological Society of Japan.

Mycological analysis of toenail samples account for a large percentage of all the requested mycological tests in dermatovenereological laboratories.

See 50 to 100 varieties of mushrooms foraged from area forests as part of the Illinois Mycological Association Mushroom Show & Sale today at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe.

A direct mycological exam identified fungal elements suggestive of Histoplasma.

It has also been used to identify the best location on the nail for a mycological sample23.

Clinical and mycological study of superficial infections at government general hospital, Gauntur and their response to treatment with Hamycin, Dermostatin and Dermamycin.

The frequently used mycological tests include direct microscopic examination with 10% potassium hydroxide (KOH) and fungal culture.

"We really feel like this area is kind of the wild mushroom belt of Oregon," Cascade Mycological Society member Heather Sielicki said.

Mycological cure is defined as clearance of the nail based on negative mycological test findings such as microscopy, culture and PAS staining, however this can be complicated when an individual may show mixed results when exposed to a range of different mycological tests.