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In conclusion, we have seen how unique metabolic fea- 

 tures of fungi, long recognized, might have led to major 

 advances in our knowledge of living things in general, for 

 they surely were models of things which came later. We 

 have also scanned the fungus field ahead and, although 

 sketchily, have indicated the existence of innumerable ad- 

 ditional metabolic features which, if investigated ade- 

 quately, are bound to turn out as workable models of 

 much larger replicas in nature. 



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