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Fungi finding: mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition
By Agence France-Presse
Oct 21, 2024 8:23 pm

PORT ANGELES, United States — You can't walk very far through a forest in this part of the United States without stumbling upon a mushroom, an eruption from a vast fungal kingdom that all life depends on, but about which we know very little.

Some are tall and thin with a helmet top, others are great flourishes of brain-like folds; some seem like they should be sheltering fairies in a storybook.

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