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  • North American checklist identifies the fungus among us

    A man holds two mushrooms

    Illinois Natural History Survey mycologist Andrew Miller and his colleagues created the first comprehensive checklist of North American fungi. In his right hand, Miller holds the Western giant puffball (Calvatia booniana), and in the other hand, chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus).

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