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The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi

  • Written by Aishwarya Veerabahu, Ph.D. Candidate in Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungiGolden oyster mushrooms can be cultivated, but they can also escape into the wild.DDukang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits.

But this food craze has also unleashed an invasive species into...

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