Recent research has shown that mushrooms in colder climates tend to be darker than those in warmer environments. Join me for a poetic investigation into why this may be the case, and how this can help us to better understand the fungal kingdom.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Mushrooms’ by Mary Oliver here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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