Category: basics

  • Creating New Species: Assortative Mating

    Understanding a species: The topic of “species” is a touchy one, and there are many different definitions and approaches to understanding what exactly a species is and how to differentiate between species. The biological species concept is the standard and most broadly applied definition. To be considered a single species under the biological species concept,…

  • The Secotioid Locus

    The Secotioid Locus

    If you’ve read any of our other posts, you probably know by now that two distinct morphologies – agaricoid and secotioid – exist within the species Lentinus tigrinus. One of the first questions that follows is, “What’s causing it?” A major part of The Lentinus Project will be focused on answering that question. In 1968,…