Linda speaks to Dr. Eric Danell (dah-NELL) of the Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science in Uppsala (oop-SAHL-ah) Sweden. He says he's found a way to grow the hard-to-find chanterelle mushroom in controlled conditions. The mushroom has previously only been found in the wild. He says some of the details are secret, but that it was his love of eating chanterelles that led to his research. From now on, they can be grown on farms. They need a live host to survive, unlike many other mushroom species that grow on decaying material.
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