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  2. Year: 2016
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Month: February 2016

George Washington Carver’s Fungi Specimens Rediscovered

Posted on February 25, 2016

At least 25 specimens of fungi that infect plants, collected by George Washington Carver more than a century ago, were re-discovered Feb. 8 in the Wisconsin State Herbarium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The herbarium …

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