Golden oyster mushrooms arrived in the United States in the early 2010s. The canary-colored, fluffy mushrooms have since gained popularity as an aesthetically pleasing, tasty addition to numerous…
Read more A Popular Gourmet Mushroom Is Escaping Gardens and Invading US ForestsScientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least twice in mushrooms, and in very different ways. Researchers in Germany and Austria…
Read more Scientists Realize That Magic Mushrooms Are Even Weirder Than We ThoughtFungi might just be the most impressive form of life on Earth. They can live almost anywhere, have both medicinal and poisonous qualities, and are—as new research suggests—capable…
Read more This Black Fungus Turns Plastic Waste Into Edible IngredientsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison…
Read more Midwest sees surge in calls to poison control centers amid bumper crop of wild mushroomsCANBERRA, Australia — The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged Thursday with murdering her ex-husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms…
Read more Australia police arrest host of lunch that left 3 dead from suspected poisoningThis article was originally published by Undark Magazine. Back at the turn of the 21st century, valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with…
Read more Humans Can No Longer Ignore the Threat of FungiBy Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — That smartphone in your hand could be triggering your allergies, a new study by an 18-year-old…
Read more Your Smartphone Is a Haven for Allergens
