Molter, Daniel J (2022) On the ontology of vernal orange slime. Mushroom: The journal of Wild Mushrooming, 28 (4). pp. 6-10. ISSN 0740-8161
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This article considers the ontology of vernal orange slime (VOS), a phenomenon of microbial succession that arises in spring sap flows, and argues that it is an evolutionary “song”, a kind of unit of selection described by Ford Doolittle and Austin Booth. The sparse literature on VOS is reviewed, component fungal species are reported, the role of structure is considered, and objections that VOS is merely a symbiotic collective or holobiont are answered. Vos is instead presented as an evolving periodic process, repeated year after year, each instance developing as a cascade of overlapping holobionts.
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| Keywords: | evolutionary song, orange slime, holobiont, Fusicolla merismoides, Fusarium merismoides,Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, deer vomit slime, slime volcano | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Natural Kinds |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Daniel J. Molter | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2022 04:27 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2022 04:27 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20380 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Mushroom: The journal of Wild Mushrooming | ||||||
| Publisher: | Mushroom: The journal of Wild Mushrooming | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Natural Kinds |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 6-10 | ||||||
| Volume: | 28 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0740-8161 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20380 |
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