To aficionados, fungi are freaky, mystical and overlooked. They're helping scientists learn more
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February 17, 2026
Jessica Allen crunched through fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the Manzanita butter clump—a rare and little-known yellow mushroom found, so far, only along North America's Western coastlines.
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Originally published on Phys.org on 2/17/2026