Hype over discovery of rare fungi

Marasmius elegans, commonly known as the velvet parachute fungus.

KOTA KINABALU: Two rare fungi species thought to only exist in other parts of the world have been discovered in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Hill here.

The best part of the discoveries was that they were made by secondary school students doing field work for a nature conservation programme held by UMS’ Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (IBTP) recently.