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The images that the team took indicated that some news fungal species might be infecting the spider.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
According to various medical and veterinary websites, blastomycosis is caused by breathing in fungal spores that live in moist soil and decomposing plant matter like wood and leaves.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
When Giger punctured the fungal cell with the microneedle, cytoplasm came rushing out like water from a burst dam.
—Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Once fungal spores get into an open wound where a faulty pruning cut was made, the interior of that branch could rot, weakening its attachment to the tree.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
According to various medical and veterinary websites, blastomycosis is caused by breathing in fungal spores that live in moist soil and decomposing plant matter like wood and leaves.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
When Giger punctured the fungal cell with the microneedle, cytoplasm came rushing out like water from a burst dam.
—Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Once fungal spores get into an open wound where a faulty pruning cut was made, the interior of that branch could rot, weakening its attachment to the tree.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Fungal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fungal. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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fungal
adjective
fun·gal
ˈfəŋ-gəl 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling fungi
2
: caused by a fungus
a fungal skin disease
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