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It’s a bumper year for wild mushrooms – here’s what you could find in the woods today

It’s a bumper year for wild mushrooms – here’s what you could find in the woods today

Some fungi are having an abundant year, but other types are struggling because of dry summer weather.

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Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist

Her illustrations remain beautiful works of art, but they also show how the best natural history drawings make us notice things we might otherwise...

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Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading rapidly through European hospitals

Health authorities race to contain fungus that survives routine disinfection.

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Joni Wildman