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Published online 1 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news071001-1
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Anyone want this old mushroom?
Star specimen of 100-million-year-old fungus in amber up for sale.
If you know someone with a fondness for fungi, here's the perfect present: the oldest mushroom ever discovered, encased in amber, and on sale for a mere US$100,000.
The mushroom was discovered by Ron Buckley, a registered nurse and amateur fossil hunter in Florence, Kentucky.
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