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 * ... that Cystoderma carcharias is considered an inedible fungus because of an unpleasant odor attributable to the presence of geosmin?
 * ... that a collector said that the mushroom Suillus tomentosus tastes and smells like Tootsie Rolls when dried?
 * ... that the word pyxidata in the mushroom name Clavaria pyxidata comes from the Greek word pyxis meaning "small box"?
 * ... that the mushroom Amanita strobiliformis has been said to smell like bleaching powder?
 * ... that English mycologist and plant pathologist R.W.G. Dennis has 40 fungal species named after him?