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... that the bleeding tooth fungus secretes a red juice that contains an anticoagulant similar in biological activity to heparin?
... that the pinwheel Marasmius releases its spores in response to rain, rather than circadian rhythm like other mushrooms?
... that the royal fly agaric was the German Mycological Society's "Mushroom of the Year" in 2000?
... that the fungal genus Polytolypa is known from a single specimen found growing on dung of the North American porcupine?
... that only eastern Northern American strains of the bitter oyster, a widely distributed mushroom species, are bioluminescent?