The Ithacan

Following a night of camping in a national park in western Belize, Susan Allen-Gil, professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Science, and her students woke up to hike.

Donato said that after the fungus grows into the shape he desires, he extracts it from the mold, dehydrates it in an oven and is left with a fully functional chess piece.

I am really excited that this is a change a lot of the students wanted to make, and I am glad we are catering towards those interests,” Guter said.