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... that Cystoderma carcharias is considered an inedible fungus because of an unpleasant odor attributable to the presence of geosmin?
... that a collector said that the mushroom Suillus tomentosus tastes and smells like Tootsie Rolls when dried?
... that the word pyxidata in the mushroom name Clavaria pyxidata comes from the Greek word pyxis meaning "small box"?
... that the mushroom Amanita strobiliformis has been said to smell like bleaching powder?
... that English mycologist and plant pathologist R.W.G. Dennis has 40 fungal species named after him?