Learn to forage for edible mushrooms that grow on trees, such as lion’s mane and beefsteak polypore, and recognize toxic look alikes to avoid, such as oyster mushroom look alikes. Avoid a trip to the ...

You might not expect tree fungus to be particularly useful, but — surprise — it’s often very handy. If you have birch or black locust trees growing near you, then you probably have some highly ...

Trees demand our attention during this outstanding month of October. Beginning these 31 days as fully-foliated plants, they undergo quite a change when dropping all their foliage that has been on the ...

I think word got out amongst the fungi kingdom about the column I wrote a few weeks ago regarding one of their elders, and it has caused a few of their showier representatives to kick start their ...

In May 2024, Vermont designated the bear’s head tooth – also known as Hericium Americanum, which means the “Hedgehog of the Americas” – as its state mushroom. The white, spiny fungus, found growing on ...

When scientists and archaeologists examined the body of Otzi the Iceman - a 5,300-year-old natural mummy discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991 - they found birch polypore mushrooms among his ...