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People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.

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I asked the U.S. Forest Service about Lamoille Canyon’s recovery from the 2018 Range2 wildfire. Robin Wignall, northeast zone ...

playing significant roles in both asexual and sexual reproduction processes. Spores ensure genetic diversity, which is vital for fungi to adapt to changing environments and resist diseases. After ...

Microbes, including bacteria and fungi, travel in high-altitude winds, crossing continents. Study identified 266 fungi and ...

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Mushroom spores are tiny units vital for fungi reproduction The process from spore formation to ... albeit finer and not quite the same since mushrooms don't sprout from seeds like plants do. Spores ...