fungus
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"The discovery illustrates how much fungus biodiversity remains to be discovered in East Asian forests."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Scientists exploring the forests of Yunnan, China, have discovered an extraordinary giant fungus that is challenging previous assumptions about how large certain fungi can grow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Botany encountered the unusual fungus while surveying several forest environments in Yunnan.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bird's nest fungi resemble miniature nests complete with tiny eggs, while the rare red cage fungus forms a vivid crimson lattice structure.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The river here was bordered with clumps of wrinkled rock that seemed to grow out of the ground like fungus.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
These structures emerged from the rhizosphere, the region of soil surrounding plant roots, and appeared to belong to an unidentified member of the ascomycete fungi.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
These are the largest known fruiting bodies among fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Researchers have identified potential alternatives — including seaweed, cassava waste, single-cell proteins produced by fungi and even sewage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
He added there was an EU-wide shortage of the edible fungi, which are prized by chefs for their "lovely, robust flavour".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Gingersnipes reached toward the young, dying fungi, as if to apologize, then suddenly pulled away.
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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