• tyler
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    G. attenboroughii was originally going to be called G. bangbangus — “bangbangus” being a nod to the gunpowder store where the fungus was found. However, the study authors changed the species name to honor Attenborough instead

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    • Apeman42@lemmy.world
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      Well they had to after Attenborough pointed out that the original name looked like “bang bus”.