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A male red-cockaded woodpecker revealing his red cockade

Earth

Woodpeckers carry wood-eating fungi that may help them dig holes

Red-cockaded woodpeckers carry spores of wood-decaying fungi on their beaks, wings and feet, which could make it easier for them to excavate cavities

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<em>Dracula</em> orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

Life

Dracula orchid flowers mimic mushrooms to attract flies

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The flowers of Sciaphila yakushimensis (left) and Sciaphila nana poke above the ground

Life

New underground plant hides from the sun and parasitises fungi

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Paul Stamets

Life

The mushroom man who wants the world to take fungi seriously

Opinion

How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

Earth

How the matsutake mushroom lets us balance ecology and economics

CultureLab

Mushroom kills with cookie cutter trick

Life

Mushroom kills with cookie cutter trick

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How magic mushrooms induce a dreamlike state

Health

How magic mushrooms induce a dreamlike state

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Mushrooms are magic at London's Kew Gardens

Life

Mushrooms are magic at London's Kew Gardens

CultureLab

Mushrooms are the new styrofoam

Life

Mushrooms are the new styrofoam

Opinion

Thriving fungi at home on a human hair

Life

Thriving fungi at home on a human hair

Move over, bacteria – it's time for fungi to take the spotlight in a new survey of the thriving zoo that lives on your skin

Regulars

Life

Murderous fungi feed their insect victims to plants

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