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Meet D. rex, the newly crowned giant fungus ‘king’ that measures almost 2 feet tall

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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — As the reign of the dinosaurs crumbled about 65 million years ago, new royalty rose from the ashes: a king among fungi. Scientists recently identified Dianjunus rex, a gigantic species of fungus in what’s now China that shares part of its name with Tyrannosaurus rex,…

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    By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — As the reign of the dinosaurs crumbled about 65 million years ago, new royalty rose from the ashes: a king among fungi. Scientists recently identified Dianjunus rex, a gigantic species of fungus in what’s now China that shares part of its name with Tyrannosaurus rex,…

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