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Prof. Shuangjiang Liu, Huaan Wen (Institute of Microbiology, CAS), Mr. Zijie Wang (Shijiazhuang City, China), and Mr. Shangzhi Chen (Beijing, China) are acknowledged for providing specimens and sharing inspiring viewpoints.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Erwei Li, Jinwei Ren, Qian Chen, Hanxing Zhang, Bin Lin, Xiaoling Zhang, Lei Cai & Xingzhong Liu

  2. Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Xingzhong Liu

  3. Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China

    Hui Zhang

  4. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China

    Shumin Zhang

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Li, E., Ren, J., Chen, Q. et al. Uncovering the mysterious identity of Taisui—an old Chinese folk legend. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 1942–1945 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-019-1640-6

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