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Corticicoli mushrooms with tannins
Corticicoli mushrooms with tannins
© Archivio Ecomuseo delle Miniere e della Val Germanasca (Photo: Serena Maccari)
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The mushrooms which developed on the chestnut contain the tannins present in its bark, which was once collected and sold to the tanneries to exploit these substances as dyes.
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