Scientists discover world's most bitter substance — in a non-toxic mushroom
Scientists have discovered the world's most bitter substance, and shockingly, it's not the collected tears of Tesla shareholders. As reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it's in a mushroom called Amaropostia stiptica.
This mushroom contains a compound so bitter that one g…
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