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Mushrooms

Clump of 3 white/cream coloured mushrooms outside.

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi. The main part of the fungus is the hyphae, which are underground or in rotting material.

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Rights: Lara Bieleski
Published: 9 November 2008Size: 1.2 MB
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