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Q: The big mushroom cluster in the photo kept getting bigger and bigger in October! What is it, and why so much? — Anne B. A: Wow! That’s one big mushroom cluster. Mushrooms are fungi whose main ...

They’ve been around far longer than human beings, and they’ll be here long after we’re gone. Jordan Jent knows this deep in his bones — he deeply respects the kingdom of fungi. He’s fully aware that ...