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We group life on Earth into basic categories, but fungi have a secret that flips everything you learned in biology class.

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We group life on Earth into basic categories, but fungi have a secret that flips everything you learned in biology class.

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We group life on Earth into basic categories, but fungi have a secret that flips everything you learned in biology class.
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