Josh McGinnis

Here're some basidiomycetous yeasts isolated in a recent bioprospecting gig. Most are the first reports of the species in Virginia on iNaturalist! #fungi #yeast #mycology #mushrooms

Check out this mold colony under UV-A light and the same colony under regular light. Many secondary metabolites produced by #fungi create fluorescent structures.

Starting my weekend by shipping some fungal dna off to the lab for Sanger sequencing! 🙌🏼 #dna #biotech #fungi

Beautiful yeast colonies that I’m about to DNA barcode. #yeast #fungi

Check out this striking filamentous yeast I isolated from a cacti! Can’t wait to DNA barcode it and find out what species it is! #fungi #yeast #dna #biotech

Multiple genera of fungi covering this rather large piece of animal poop found in the woods yesterday.

Lots of fungi and yeast growing on an otherwise boring Virginian cacti!

To celebrate #UKFungusDay @ukfungusday we will held a 🍄FUNGI BOOK CLUB 🍄 on this space, chatting about five fungal short stories! Full details in this short 🧵but in a nutshell: Join us, listen in, enjoy, and ask questions while learning about fungi! 🍄 x.com/i/spaces/1ZkKz…

A basidiomycetous yeast colony showing some hyphae protruding from the top and margins. This was isolated from one of Virginia’s few native cacti species. #fungi #yeast #biotech #bioprospecting #microbiology

@silly_old_sod Looks like Leucocoprinus sp. to me!

Spent the better part of today processing the cacti samples from yesterdays bioprospecting outing. Can’t wait to see what #fungi and #yeast come from this unusual source.

Spent the day hunting down one of Virginia’s few native cacti (Optunia sp.) in search of a rare but highly valuable yeast species. #fungi #mycology #yeast #biotech #bioprospecting

Here's a recent timelapse I filmed of the fungus Bulgaria inquinans isolated from the Lynchburg, Virginia area. #fungi #timelapse #mushrooms #biotech