Fungi are masters of the hidden. They live mostly out of sight—in the soil, in dead wood, as tiny spores in the air, or in close partnership with plants. Precisely because they are so inconspicuous, they are often overlooked in conservation. Yet they are indispensable for the functioning of our
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Noble polypore (Bridgeoporus nobilissimus): One of the largest known polypores in the world—and extremely rare. It grows almost exclusively on old noble firs in the mountain forests of the western U.S. state of Oregon. Because these old-growth forests have been almost completely logged and hardly any new host trees are growing back, the species is threatened with extinction. (© Ryane Snow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
