Which of These Mushrooms Could Kill You?
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Reactions Science Videos | December 24, 2019
There are tens of thousands of mushroom species out there, and some of them could kill you. Today we’re going to test how well you can separate the perfectly safe from the perilously poisonous, and we’ll dive into the chemistry behind what makes seemingly identical species so different.
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