Witness a group of mushrooms growing underwater and revealing gills on their caps' undersides
Time-lapse photography of mushrooms growing. Spores are produced on gills visible on the underside of the mushroom's cap
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.It's a common misconception that no sharks ever sleep.Media Editor: Miranda Chabot
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© University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion of high-tech wildfire management in Victoria, Australia.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The banded sand snake (Chilomeniscus cinctus) is adapted to burrowing, and “swims” beneath the sand. The sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) uses a different method of locomotion—sidewinding—to move along the sand's surface. Both snakes are found in North American deserts.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.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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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.What is food for a mushroom? That depends.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.These aren't your average mushrooms.Media Editor: Kira Helm
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Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Time-lapse video, filmed by Neil Bromhall, of the growing and dying of the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), a poisonous mushroom famous for its hallucinogenic properties.
