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4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (325+ words) Oxfordshire: One minute you're looking at an old, wet tree stump, the next you're looking at some veiled poisonpie or smoky polypore Young country diary: Bright or dull, fungi are my wonders of the woods Oxfordshire: One minute you're looking…...

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