Last week, science added a new branch to the Tree of Life.
Instead of just flora and fauna, the world of fungi (all 250,000 of them and counting) was thought significant and unique enough to have its own separate classification.
So now it is flora, fauna and funga.
Scientists surprisingly discovered that fungi are more closely related to animals than vegetables! Many are edible, some are deadly poisonous, and 150 varieties contain the miracle drug psilocybin, which is having amazing results in therapy sessions, rescuing people from trauma and suicide.
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