For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...

Mushrooms in Heartopia are key resources for high-energy recipes and collecting. Six types are linked to specific locations, ...

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their ...

Mushrooms that appear identical turn out to be different species, correcting decades of errors in biodiversity records.

Lend a hand: Daily Acts needs volunteers to help with ongoing care for local demonstration gardens. Volunteers meet the first ...

Shred an air guitar in Finland. Have an epic water fight in Thailand. Slice rival kites from the sky in India. These ...

Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

The weather may be frigid, but winter still offers plenty of wild flavors if you know where to look. Morels, ramps and ...

Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in ...

The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms this season after 21 people have been hospitalized with severe liver damage from a toxic ...

To keep ourselves from harm and safeguard of our health it is most important to distinguish between harmful and edible fungi. This paper presents a thorough study on classifying edible fungi as ...