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Mushroom of the Week: Birch Bolete, the black-turning mushroom still surprising scientists (opens the original)
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At first glance, the birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum), also known as the brown birch bolete, looks like an ordinary woodland mushroom. Found in association with birch trees across Europe and North America, it has a brown cap that often becomes smoother with age and a pale stem covered with tiny dark projections called scabers (den Bakker & Noordeloos, 2005; Burke Herbarium, n.d.; First Nature, n.d.). Its flesh is usually whitish and changes little when cut, although it may become slightly brownis
Mushroom of the Week: Chicken of the woods, a forest parasite saving lives (opens the original)
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Residents of Aiken-Augusta might soon observe vivid yellow shelves growing from local oak trunks. This fungus, Chicken of the Woods, is a natural contradiction. Sometimes, it causes the wood to turn reddish-brown and powdery, a process called brown heart rot. While this eventually kills host trees, it simultaneously carves out vital nesting cavities for forest animals. Widely found east of the Rocky Mountains, French mycologist Pierre Bulliard first named this species in 1789. Today, this tree p
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