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How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal
January 29, 2026
RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 29 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal

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Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Riverside research finds the secret to post-fire flourishing hidden in their genes.

The study, detailed in the Proceedings of . . .

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