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Rui Andrade
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Posted on 20-07-2010 23:19
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One of the flies that I collected in Montesinho (seemingly healthy) was, in the next day, like what you can see below. Amazing how fast the fungus grewawkward
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I had collected a few flies from my daughter playing pool. Alive on Monday evening, mouldy IN the water 24 hours later...
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Fungus are really resilientSmile.
 
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