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Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

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DNA from droppings left by New Zealand's flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate.

Fungi might have been berry mimics , paleoecologist Alex Boast of Manaaki WhenuaLandcare Research in Lincoln , New Zealand .

Getting an idea of what fungi the now-extinct moa ate helps the team figure out how New Zealand’s ecosystems worked before humans arrived around the 1300s.

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