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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Marasmius crinis-equi by Danny Newman. Note the tiny red mites, maybe an undescribed ecological interaction.