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 * ... that the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever has patented several antifreeze proteins produced by a species of kidney lichen, due to their ability to modify ice formation in frozen foods?
 * ... that during his career Herman Phaff collected 6400 strains of yeast creating a collection containing 400 of the 700 identified species of yeast?
 * ... that witches' butter is a jelly fungus that grows parasitically on a crust fungus?
 * ... that the mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus is a good substitute for chicken?
 * ... that Banksiamyces is a fungus that grow on the dead "cones" of Banksia species?