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Before You Take A Bite Of That Mushroom, Consider This. · 4

Mindwolf · 3763 days ago

npr.org · #science · #science.Mindwolf · #biology

Scientists wondered what was inside a grocery store package of Porcini mushrooms. So they took it to the lab to be DNA sequenced. They found three new species of never before discovered mushrooms.

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JackTheBandit · 3763 days ago · link ·

Let me tell you, I came in here for a different reason and was pleasantly surprised. Nice read.

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