Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due

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By Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360Mar 21, 2026, 9:00 am402 ptsTop
Agarikon is one of two endangered species of fungi in the United States. So rare is the species that scientists have placed samples of it in a biobank facility for safekeeping at the San Diego Zoo, in the hopes that it can be propagated and one day reintroduced to the wild should its numbers continue to…

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