Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-identify-new-species-of-truffle-thanks-to-bonobos/
Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle. Commonly used by Congolese communities to bait traps for small mammals, Hysterangium bonobo is also savored by bonobos, an endangered species of great ape. Scientists say the
science should be valued, preserved and protected.� Georgiev tracked a group of wild
