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 ...

A mushroom, technically speaking, is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus. Although that doesn’t sound terribly appetizing, edible mushrooms represent a low-calorie, beneficial food ...

Photo Description: Of five nonnative tree species invasive in the southeastern USA, only logs of Triadica sebifera, Chinese tallowtree, successfully produced edible shiitake mushrooms. On farm trials ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In honor of National Mushroom Month, a state agency is highlighting an edible fungi that grows on Ohio trees and is known for its chicken-like taste when cooked. The mushroom ...

The sun sets early in the woods this time of year. Where it is daylight until 6 p.m. out in the open, the light starts to fade at 5 p.m. under the canopy of a forest. This is the best time of day to ...

There are over 14,000 species of mushrooms on Earth, ranging from poisonous death caps to delicious morels to mushrooms of the psychedelic variety. I’m sure you’ve seem them growing from soil, cow ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

My friend back East cautioned me against mushrooms. She told me of someone she knew, a lifelong wild mushroom enthusiast, who ate the wrong one and died. For a long time, I stopped hunting mushrooms.

Denton Sherwood was excited. The U.S. Postal Service employee came upon what he thought was the Guinness Book of World Records-holder mushroom. Measuring 14 inches across and weighing in at 4 pounds, ...