Behold a time-lapse video of a mushroom cap's emergence from the ground

Behold a time-lapse video of a mushroom cap's emergence from the ground

Time-lapse photography of a mushroom's cap (pileus) emerging from the ground
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    Learn about the biochemistry and characteristics of the pea family (Fabaceae).
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    Overview of water moving through the hydrologic cycle, or water cycle: it evaporates from Earth's surface as water vapor, which condenses in the atmosphere, forming clouds and precipitation, which falls to the land and flows through lakes, rivers, and oceans, from which water evaporates as the cycle repeats.
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    The big-bang theory proposes that the universe expanded from a highly compressed state.
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    The primary mechanism of fungal growth is through the elongation of hyphae. The complex network of hyphae, which may be located in the soil, on dead organic matter, or in a plant or animal, is known as the mycelium of a fungus.
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    Time-lapse photography of fern growth.
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    The role of fungi in the decomposition of forest litter.
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