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Elara had always been better with books than with dirt. While her neighbors boasted of hydrangeas and prize-winning tomatoes, her windowsill was a graveyard of "easy-care" succulents. So, when a small, unassuming cardboard box arrived for her birthday labeled "Mushroom Grow Kit," she was rightfully skeptical. MUSHROOM KIT
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