DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range ...

including Gallacea scleroderma, may have looked appetizing to extinct flightless birds called moa. Joseph Pallante Now, however, with the moa extinct, the fungi are likely not being dispersed as ...

DNA testing showed that both of the moa that had left behind the coprolites had recently consumed several truffle-like species, including the most famous today, Gallacea scleroderma. The ...

The signs and symptoms of scleroderma can be mistaken for any number of diseases, depending on the predominant symptom at the time of examination. Numerous referrals to specialists result in ...