DNA study shows extinct moa consumed colorful truffle-like fungi in New Zealand

A team of environmental scientists at Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, in New Zealand, the University of Adelaide and the University of Auckland has found that the now-extinct flightless bird moa once consumed the colorful, truffle-like fungi that still grows in New Zealand. In their study published in the journal Biology Letters, the group conducted a DNA analysis of fossilized moa dung.