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If your garden or backyard is prone to mushrooms, this could actually be a good sign for your yard, but you can certainly ...
Bright red toadstools, funky jelly fungus, and rounded puffball mushrooms in lawn grass may look alarming. However, lawn ...
Scientists at McMaster University have demonstrated that natural genetic variations in a common species of mushroom can be ...
The mushroom Laccaria amethystina, which grows near beech trees, can be hard to see from above, given its drab cap. But by lying on the ground and looking up at the gills on the cap’s underside ...
Stevenson’s work focuses on mycoremediation, a technique that uses fungi to rehabilitate polluted land. Mycoremediation harnesses fungi’s natural abilities to collect contaminants scattered in soil ...
Mushrooms might hold the key to designing better materials—and researchers at Binghamton University are taking a close look.
Scientists at McMaster University have unlocked new possibilities in sustainable material design using mushrooms.
May is morel season. Visit the Mesick Mushroom Festival, find your own mushrooms with the DNR's "hot spot" map for 2025.
The hunt for the mushrooms is celebrated because they a favored ingredient in recipes — either sauteed with butter or cooked in pizza or pasta — and they are difficult to find in nature ...