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Viruses That Roam the Fungal Kingdom

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This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Did you know that mushrooms can get sick?It was 1948, on a Pennsylvania mushroom farm operated by the La France brothers, when scientists first observed a mushroom malady featuring puny caps and crooked stems. But only in 1962 did researchers finally realize viruses were behind La France disease, as it had come to be called,…

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Viruses That Roam the Fungal Kingdom

This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Did you know that mushrooms can get sick?It was 1948, on a Pennsylvania mushroom farm operated by the La France brothers, when scientists first observed a mushroom malady featuring puny caps and crooked stems. But only in 1962 did researchers finally realize viruses were behind La France disease, as it had come to be called,…

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