fungus
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Most black truffles now come from truffle plantations or cultivated truffle grounds, where trees have had their roots soaked in a truffle‑based slurry to encourage the fungus to grow.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Because so many populations collapsed before scientists knew the fungus existed, determining whether it was responsible has been particularly difficult.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The suspected culprit is chytridiomycosis, often called chytrid, a disease caused by the microscopic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The newly identified fungus can reach 50 cm, making it substantially taller than the previous record holders.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
In fact, it was the same foot fungus that a hundred and ten years later would afflict the famous ballplayer Clyde Livingston.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
The Woodland Trust said unsustainable harvesting of plants - and particularly fungi - could put wildlife under pressure.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
These are the largest known fruiting bodies among fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
"For wood-associated decomposing fungi, such environmental disruption may have created new ecological opportunities."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Its nickname, 'D-rex', reflects its exceptional stature among related fungi.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
They’d always been his fussiest fungi: the first to mope when the rains were too much, the first to stink when the rains were too little.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
After snowball Earth, titanosaurs and dawn redwoods and humongous funguses appear.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2021
The illnesses most frequently reported by migrants who make it across the jungle are foot funguses, gastrointestinal problems and respiratory infections.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
In 1962, Rachel Carson published the book “Silent Spring,” which convincingly argued that chemicals used to kill insects, funguses and pests were also killing birds and harming the environment.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
This makes your entire body hypersensitive to all forms of irritants, including weather changes, certain food proteins, and funguses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2010
"I have heard that the white edible funguses are found principally at the edge of the wood, though I can't tell them apart."
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
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