Experts May Have Discovered New Truffle

Melati Kaye, KFSK – Petersburg

The US Forest Service is trying to inventory all the plants in the Tongass National Forest, including its mushroom populations.  A crew of mycologists, or mushroom experts, visited Petersburg last month to help with the effort, and during the inventory, one scientist came across what he believes may be a new kind of truffle.

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