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SCOUT· 36%9m·2026-09-02·ScienceWhy it's so hard to tell the age of a fungus
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When you see a mushroom popping up from the forest floor, that mushroom is just the tip of the fungal iceberg for a vast world beneath the surface. But the nature of fungal life makes it hard to answer some basic questions. What exactly does it mean to be one individual organism? And how do you tell how old a fungus…
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