The Third Kingdom

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The distinguished American plant ecologist Robert H Whittaker proposed, in his 1969 article on Science titled New Concepts of Kingdoms of Organisms, the five-kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota that categorised organisms into Kingdom of Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista or Monera. Whittaker recognised the prominent role the fungi played in our world by creating the Kingdom of Fungi, the third kingdom of the multiellular organisms after the Kingdoms of Animalia (animals) and Plantae (plants).

My new photo album is titled The Third Kingdom and contains my fungal photographs, some of which have already been uploaded elsewhere. Due to the nature of its subject, the album can only be uploaded at seasonal basis. But, as Whittaker had probably thought, I believe the fungi deserve a realm of their own. 😉

Related post: Otari Fungal Forey

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  2. Like doing the Lottery really…Munch :yes: Munch :yes: Munch :rip: 😀

  8. I will be round to check on your album tomorrow. Good idea to give this kingdom their own domain. :yes:There's a Clint Eastwood movie where he is murdered in the end when he's served up a yummy dish of poisonous mushrooms.

  9. No, he was a Yankee soldier in the south during our Civil War, and a bevy of beautiful southern belles treated him to a dish of poisonous mushrooms. :rip:

  10. Thanks for stopping by, Deb. Any time whenever suites you. The Kingdom of Fungi won't go anywhere. ;)Originally posted by debplatt:

    Clint Eastwood movie where he is murdered in the end when he's served up a yummy dish of poisonous mushrooms.

    :yikes: Did he die enjoying a good trip from hallucinogenic fungus? :p

  11. Well the southern belles apparently agreed with you. They didn't want to be jealous anymore. :sst: Someone should have told them about "Rock, paper, scissors".

  13. Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    Did he die enjoying a good trip from hallucinogenic fungus?

    I saw the movie. It was probably the only meal there to which he said: "Mmm.. This is really good.." Prior to that, he had killed a little turtle of a little girl 🙁

  15. Thanks for the link. It looks a kind of complicated. But

    one by one he charms them and the atmosphere becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.

    still sounds like a villain to me. :p

  16. Originally posted by ersi:

    Prior to that, he had killed a little turtle of a little girl

    Doesn't sound a nice kind of man. Was he a villain in that role?

  17. It's been many years since I saw it. In reality the war had a particularly huge impact on the demographics of the south. Since interracial marriages were either outlawed or faced societal opprobrium, Southern white women had legitimate concerns about ever marrying. In 1870 for individuals in the South aged 20 to 29, there were 70 white men for every 100 white women. However it turns out that lifetime marriage rates were surprisingly unafffected. Women adjusted by accepting marriage proposals from men who would have been regarded as unsuitable previously. For instance women would marry younger (and less economically secure) men than before. They were also more likely to accept proposals from veterans whom the war had disfigured or crippled. And a number of women in the south were willing to marry northern men (the enemy) and face becoming outcasts from their original communities. The biggest long term change appears to be the fact that young , southern wives who were widowed by the war were much more likely to remain single for the rest of their lives than would have been the case previously.While I was looking up the demographics I learned that there were many more immigrant men than women arriving on our shores, but immigrants stayed in the Northeast. However that worked out, because men in the Northeast were much more likely than women to travel to the western frontier in search of economic opportunity. In fact demographically the lowest marriage rates are for men in the west who greatly outnumbered women in their region.

  18. Originally posted by debplatt:

    However it turns out that lifetime marriage rates were surprisingly unafffected. Women adjusted

    It's always the women turns out more resilient. :rolleyes:Originally posted by debplatt:

    … men in the Northeast were much more likely than women to travel to the western frontier in search of economic opportunity. In fact demographically the lowest marriage rates are for men in the west who greatly outnumbered women in their region.

    From what I read about NZ history, a similar situation was observed at the beginning of European immigration. Sometimes it resulted in a marriage with a local Maori woman. Often the local tribe was keen to have "Pakeha" (European) man as a token of prestige. European men -> European connection -> more guns and metal tools -> advantage in tribal warfare

  19. Oooh, oooh, oooh! I think I finally spotted a morel while hiking today. It's my first sighting! :sst: Unless it's not a morel…

  20. :yes: That looks spot on to me. :D:no: I saw you weren't allowed to pick it. That's too bad. :awww:

  24. Too much for Monday morning! Making it looks like it's gonna be a long week!! 😆

  25. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    And the morel of this story is…

    :sst: This must be very gratifying for you.

  26. It looks the week is really getting too mush for any morel story. :p

  31. Originally posted by darkesthour:

    There is not mush room for…

    Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

    really getting too mush for any morel story

  33. Is this better?'You are not so mush of a fun gal, aren't ya, Deb?' 😀

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