New species of creepy crawly creature discovered under the streets of Los Angeles

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Originally published at: New species of creepy crawly creature discovered under the streets of Los Angeles | Boing Boing

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Seriously? Isn’t that the role of mycelium everywhere on earth?

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Trade 'ya.

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♩ “He will creep forever 'neath the streets of LA!”* ♩

*apologies to the Kingston Trio

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Detritivores (like these millipedes) physically break up organic matter, which makes it much easier for decomposers (like fungi) to break them down chemically.

As I understand it, millipedes existed long before fungi evolved the ability to decompose wood.

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Oh man, the Morgellons fearing paranoid schizophrenics must be freaking.

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