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1. www.bbc.com › news › science-environment-45486844The secret life of fungi: Ten fascinating facts - BBC

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   Sep 11, 2018 · Fascinating facts about fungi. Fungi are in a kingdom of their own but are closer to animals than plants. They have chemicals in their cell walls shared with lobsters and crabs. A fungus has been ...

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3. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2020/05/18The Secret Lives of Fungi | The New Yorker

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   May 11, 2020 · May 11, 2020. A seemingly brainless organism, the fungus is a model of coöperative resilience. Illustration by Anders Nilsen. In 1957, a man from New York named R. Gordon Wasson published an ...

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   Sep 11, 2018 · Hundreds of species are collected and eaten as food, with the global market for edible mushrooms worth £32.5bn a year Only 56 types of fungi have been evaluated for the IUCN Red List, compared ...

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   Jan 31, 2016 · BBC Documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041m6fhProfessor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally hidden kingdom of fungi. From thei...

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7. www.bbcearth.com › news › the-surprising-world-ofThe surprising world of mushrooms | BBC Earth

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   Mushrooms are the fruit body of fungi, living a short life-span to produce spores so that the fungus can spread. According to scientists, fungi cells are surprisingly similar to human cells. It’s estimated that fungi split from animals about 1.538 billion years ago - 9 million years later than plants did.

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8. www.pbslearningmedia.org › resource › the-secretThe Secret Life of Mushrooms | EcoSense for Living | PBS ...

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   Explore LearningMedia Resources by Subject. We may or may not find mushrooms delicious, but we can all agree that they have super powers. From shocking medicinal properties to the potential to solve world hunger, mushrooms provide a surprising glimmer of hope for the future.

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   What is the relationship between mushrooms and fungi?

   • Underneath an individual mushroom is a vast network that can spread for acres. It consists of thin threads known as mycelium which connect different plants in a forest. They have a mutually beneficial relationship with fungi, as plants provide fungi with carbon-rich sugars, and in return fungi provide plants with nutrients taken from the soil.

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   Are wild mushrooms mycophobic?

   • In Mexico, wild mushrooms were thought to possess “a supernatural aura.” There are any number of reasons that one might be mycophobic. Some people are put off by mushrooms’ taste or texture—supple, with a fleshy resistance—and the fact that they somehow resemble both plant and animal.

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   Are magic mushrooms good for mental health?

   • Meanwhile, of the estimated 10,000 species of mushroom, 216 species of fungi are thought to be hallucinogenic, and there has been much talk about how ‘magic mushrooms’ may be an effective treatment for certain mental health issues. Magic mushrooms naturally contain a psychoactive compound called psilocybin.

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   Are mushrooms bioluminescent?

   • About 80 fungal species are known to be bioluminescent. Scientists studying two of these mushroom species - the Neonothopanus gardneri in Brazil and the Neonothopanus nambi in southern Vietnam - discovered that the mushrooms contained a compound called luciferin and the oxidative enzyme, luciferase.

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10. www.amazon.com › Secret-Life-Fungi-DiscoveriesThe Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From a Hidden World

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    Sep 7, 2021 · I like fungi. They have fascinating life cycles and can look tremendous. They make the Autumn and early winter a much more attractive proposition if you look being outside observing nature. This book captured little of what enthuses me about mushrooms and toadstools.

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