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Sep. 12, 2008
Stalking the Wild Mushroom
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From death caps to puffballs, the fruiting bodies of fungi can be grouped into about a dozen major categories. Mycologist Roy Halling walks us through the wide world of mushrooms and takes us on a fungi foraging foray on the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
Time lapse courtesy of Kent Loeffler Dept. of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Cornell University. Cover shot by Maria Keays/flickr. Produced by Flora Lichtman
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