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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Scientia HorticulturaeAuricularia cornea is an important edible and medicinal mushroom; however, its genetic improvement has been constrained by the limited understanding of its genetic diversity and the absence of robust molecular markers.
Xu Sun +11 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
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Cognitive Symbionts. Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Science With Fungi
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract It has been argued that fungi have cognitive capacities, and even conscious experiences. While these arguments risk ushering in unproductive disputes about how words like “mind,” “cognitive,” “sentient,” and “conscious” should be used, paying close attention to key properties of fungal life can also be uncontroversially productive for ...
Matteo Colombo
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Hunter‐gatherers faced the survival threat of confusing edible mushrooms with their poisonous twins, imposing selection pressure on those who failed to detect subtle visual differences. Grounded in the ancestral priorities framework, which posits that the human mind is adapted to handle prehistoric challenges, we investigated whether humans ...
Roman Abel
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Four New Species of Deconica (Strophariaceae, Agaricales) from Subtropical Regions of China
Journal of FungiDeconica is a relatively small genus, with only 90 names recorded in previous research. In this study, four new species of Deconica have been identified based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence from subtropical regions of China.
Jun-Qing Yan +6 more
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Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 3, September 2026.Broadly taking up Amitav Ghosh's (2016) comment that when it comes to climate change ‘we seem to learn nothing; our historical imagination is very limited’, this article argues that disregarding environmental memory, and past knowledge to plan a more resilient future, the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010–2011 continued and enabled suburbanisation and an ...
Katie Pickles
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BMC GenomicsAuricularia cornea exhibits significant potential for iron-enrichment. However, the mechanisms behind iron absorption and accumulation remain poorly understood.
Qiushi Zhu +7 more
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Journal of FungiGanoderma is the most important genus in the family Ganodermataceae; many species have attracted much attention and widely cultivated because of their medicinal values, but so far, not a sequenced mitogenome derived from dikaryon strains has been ...
Ti-Qiang Chen +8 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1500-1516, September 2026.For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres +3 more
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