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This naturalist sees fungi foraging as a sensory experience — and a form of resistance

Naturalist Maria Pinto loves to forage for mushrooms. She leads mushroom walks around Greater Boston and helps people appreciate fungi for more than something we eat. To her, they’re an important challenge to the way we see the world.

Here & Now‘s Kalyani Saxena reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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