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[Matt_Zukowski]

From the NYT:

Something Digs Intricate Tunnels in Garnets. Is It Alive? :

[MKomishyn]

Good catch! It would not surprise me. Fungus has been known to uptake heavy metals from the soil they are in, as well as benefit or harm various other species, from humans to plants.

Biosorption of heavy metals using mushroom Pleurotus eous (an oyster mushroom)
http://www.jocpr.com/articles/biosorption-of-heavy-metals-using-mushroom-pleurotus-eous.pdf

How beneficial fungus work with tree systems
https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/lawns-gardens-trees/the-root-of-tree-health-beneficial-fungi
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