Home Natural World I saw this weeping mushroom in the Washington temperate rainforest. I found out that, like humans, fungi 'sweat' when their metabolism speeds up. We exhale water and carbon dioxide. H2O & C02 are excr
9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
I saw this weeping mushroom in the Washington temperate rainforest. I found out that, like humans, fungi 'sweat' when their metabolism speeds up. We exhale water and carbon dioxide. H2O & C02 are excr

I saw this weeping mushroom in the Washington temperate rainforest. I found out that, like humans, fungi 'sweat' when their metabolism speeds up. We exhale water and carbon dioxide. H2O & C02 are excreted by many fungi during periods of rapid growth.

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Date Taken: 06.2009
Date Uploaded: 11.2011
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