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Topic: fungi

A >5mm member of section Longisetae of the genus Mycena, so named for the long, hyaline spines (setae) which emanate from the pileus and stipe. Some members of this group are bioluminescent. (Danny Newman)

Secrets of Ecuador’s weird rare shrooms

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The world’s most charismatic mushroom

Niko Vorobyov
Amethyst Deceiver Mushrooms (Getty Images/efenzi)

Why fungi deserve better protections

Matthew Rozsa
Tobacco hornworm caterpillar with wasp pupae on back (Getty Images/Ed Reschke)

Parasites: Life's greatest success story

Troy Farah
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Embroidery skull and roses, grapes, humming bird and flower (Getty Images/Matriyoshka)

Your microbes live on after you die

Jennifer DeBruyn - The Conversation
Laccaria bicolor mushrooms (Getty Images/Radist)

Mushrooms get chatty after it rains

Troy Farah
Staghorn Jelly (Stu's Images)

10 very bizarre North American mushrooms

Troy Farah
Computer illustration of Candida fungi (yeast). The most common representatives of Candida fungi are C. albicans and C. auris with similar morphology. (Getty Images/ KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Four fungi that threaten public health

Troy Farah
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"The Last of Us" (HBO)

"Last of Us" fungus is used to kill bugs

Troy Farah
The Last of Us (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

What happens when you consume bad flour

Sheryl Barringer - The Conversation
The Last of Us (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

Climate allegories in "The Last of Us"

Troy Farah
Close-up of mushroom growing on field (Getty Images/Karim Qubadi/500px)

Why 2022 was the year of the mushroom

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Dry psilocybin magic mushrooms in a plastic bag and wooden bowl (Getty Images/eskymaks)

Coming soon: mushroom dispensaries?

Troy Farah
Omphalotus nidiformis, or ghost fungus (Getty Images/Louise Docker Sydney Australia)

Are mushrooms talking to each other?

Eric Schank
Crimini mushrooms with garlic and basil in pan, braised (Getty Images)

What fungi have to do with everything

Lela Nargi - FoodPrint
Chicken mushrooms in the forest (Getty Images)

My life-changing foray with fungi

Louise Fabiani - Undark
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Thank fungi for cheese, wine and beer

Antonis Rokas - The Conversation
Candida auris fungi, emerging multidrug resistant fungus, 3D illustration (Getty Images/istockphoto)

Antibiotic-resistant fungi?

Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy - The Conversation
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It's time to study fungus in microbiomes

Adriana Romero-Olivares - Massive Science
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The rise of the mushroom

Robert Beelman - The Conversation
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Flooding caused by Hurricane Maria in Guadeloupe. (AP/Frank Phazian)

Hurricanes, then a flesh-eating fungus

Sarah Okeson
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Gift of the fungi

Samuel Blackstone
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Lindsay Abrams
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