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Ancient Carnivorous Fungi Lassoed its Prey (1 of 3)

Caption: Trapping ring of the carnivorous fungus in 100 million-year-old amber from southwestern France. This image relates to article that appeared in the Dec. 14, 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by A.R. Schmidt at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin in Berlin, Germany, was titled "Carnivorous Fungi from Cretaceous Amber."

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