With no land mammals to eat and disperse them, New Zealand’s truffle-like fungi mimic fallen fruit to attract birds. But with so many of those birds now extinct, can ecosystems adapt?
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Symbiosis is so much part of life on Earth that it has shaped the evolution and structure of cells. It’s happening almost everywhere we look, including inside our gut.
Fungi come in a beautiful diversity of shapes, sizes and colours. See stunning photos of those growing in southwest Australia.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, Adelaide University
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Post-Doctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Ecology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau