The horsehair fungus outcompetes other species in tropical rainforests because of one special adaptation. Though, this adaptation would have never evolved without the main trait rainforests behold that most naturalists overlook. Find out about this ecological misconception and how this voracious, debris catching fungus functions.
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To satiate my healthy obsession with the forest floor and the fungus it brings, I sometimes have to live vicariously through friends that have traveled to the rainforests I love.
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A study carried out in Malaysia shows how litter-trapping fungi increase arthropod species diversity, ultimately enhancing ecosystem functioning.
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