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April 24, 2015

Germany's Black Forest: bleak name masks its beauty

By SIOBHAN STARRS
Associated Press

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Several amanita muscaria or “fly agaric” mushrooms grow on the floor of the Black Forest near Enzklosterle, Germany. The forest got its name from a canopy of leaves so dense that parts of the woods are dark. It also inspired Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales.

ENZKLOSTERLE, Germany — The Black Forest gets its name from a canopy of trees so dense that the woods seem dark, pierced only by shafts of sunlight. Mushrooms sprout across the damp forest floor. Red squirrels scamper up the towering trees; streams tumble over rocks.


 
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