A team of researchers from Canada and the U.S. has found that a giant fungus covering many acres has a stable mutation rate. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group ...

An interesting amber-colored mushroom is showing up in many gardens. It's actually kind of pretty, but it's scaring some folks, especially when tree care companies and arborists report that it is ...

Deep in the loamy soil of forests around the world, there exists a fungus called the honey mushroom that makes its living on death. A parasite that preys on weak trees, it sucks its victims dry of ...

Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging them out or applying fungicides is futile and counterproductive, as fungi are vital for soil ...