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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro

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In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.

Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chambers, farmers once cultivated a button mushroom variety that bears the name of the French capital: the Paris mushroom...

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