NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...

Arizona’s summer monsoon is on the horizon. The moisture it will bring means that the best time of year to forage for mushrooms, especially in higher elevations, is drawing near. But each year, a ...

MISSOURI — Foragers in Missouri are being warned to be on the lookout for a poisonous mushroom species after recent rain across the state. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, rain ...

From foraging-focused Facebook pages to mycological societies to even area hospitals, everyone agrees: Poisonous mushrooms are a threat to anyone finding their own fungi in Lake Tahoe. While multiple ...

Bolete mushrooms grow on the ground near trees, have umbrella-like caps and have pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap. There are many different kinds of bolete mushrooms in North ...

While scaling mountains in PEAK, you will come across a lot of mushrooms, out of which some are poisonous. There are different types of mushrooms that you will find, and they’re mostly useful. However ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct identification of a mushroom in the story’s main photo caption and to correct a misspelling of Jon Sommer’s name. Fungi are already perplexing.