fungus
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Pancho often took him there, teaching Óscar when to fertilize and how to identify deadly fungus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
One example is Aspergillus niger, a fungus that commonly grows in warm, humid environments such as bathrooms and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
If mold is a concern, home buyers should consider hiring a mold specialist or asking home inspectors to test for mold, if possible, and stay vigilant about the potential growth of the fungus.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The orange blobs are mushroom-like "fruiting bodies" while the rest of the fungus is underground.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The scabs look like rocks, bumpy, with a sheen like silica; or else like some kind of fungus.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Haines said it was one of the country's most important habitats for fungi and many species depended on being left undisturbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Researchers also found that these soils contained the highest amounts of organic matter, creating favorable conditions for earthworms, fungi, bacteria, and other organisms that live in soil.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
However, Ashbrook said true ecological recovery after fires depended on soil fungi returning, plants re-establishing and invertebrate populations recovering, while the loss of mature woodland could take decades to reverse.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The team detected several human mitochondrial DNA lineages, as well as a diverse microbiome made up of bacteria, fungi and salt-loving microorganisms.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
They were dotted with woody fungi, as big as dinner plates, and parasitic orchids.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
After snowball Earth, titanosaurs and dawn redwoods and humongous funguses appear.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2021
The illnesses most frequently reported by migrants who make it across the jungle are foot funguses, gastrointestinal problems and respiratory infections.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
In 1962, Rachel Carson published the book “Silent Spring,” which convincingly argued that chemicals used to kill insects, funguses and pests were also killing birds and harming the environment.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
This makes your entire body hypersensitive to all forms of irritants, including weather changes, certain food proteins, and funguses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2010
I’m going to do the same, and put down everything, just as it comes; beetles, chrysalises, flowers, funguses, mosses, earth-nuts, and land-snails, all just as I find them.
From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
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