There are thousands of species of fungus in the city, with names like American dyeball, dingy twiglet and devil’s dipstick. Some even glow in the dark. By Andy Newman Photographs by Victor J. Blue New ...

Harvesters reported a variety of reasons for collecting mushrooms. Many collected morels and chanterelles to eat, and species ...

It's okay — almost everyone has wondered about this at least once. Whether you were a curious child with a rumbling tummy ...

Avery Stempel, founder of Collar City Mushrooms, in the grow room at his shop in Troy last fall. The company has since relocated to Indian Ladder Farms in New Scotland. It organizes the Foraged New ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 5, 2025) -- When a wild mushroom bears the name “Funeral Bell,” it’s probably best to avoid them. The Fort Drum Garrison Safety Office recently worked with the Directorate of ...

The hikers, who were in the Catskill Mountains, told officials that they had consumed the hallucinogen and one was experiencing a “debilitating high.” It was the second such episode in recent months.

Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic. I had been preparing for a summer of field work studying foraged desert plants in a remote part of ...