It was a slow news evening in Palestine Texas, on January 20, 2010. News of a Fairy ring on farm in Pert drawing interest, swept across the big system of tubes known as “the Internets” starting at 8:50 PM (CST) on Wednesday evening. Though they consider it nature-made, Don Harris and his wife Fran and [...]
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Chorioactis geaster is a rare gasteromycete apparently found in only Texas and Japan (go figure). Forrest Mims is a Texas-based science writer interested in this unusual fungus and his article Texas Star fungus a rare, wonderful sight provides an update. In 1998, my wife Minnie saw one of the rarest sights in all of Texas [...]
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