Eating wild mushrooms is a famously dangerous hobby. If you are an expert forager, you’ll know what grows in your area, where to find it, and how to be absolutely sure that you’ve found an edible ...

In mushroom foraging, there’s little room for error. Researcher Rick Claypool learned this the hard way. A few months into his foraging hobby, Claypool picked a ...

Mushrooms provide a range of antioxidants and other nutrients that may contribute to heart health and protect the body from cancer. Nutritional profiles vary between types of mushrooms. From puffballs ...

Adaptogenic mushrooms may help your body better handle stress, but they are different from hallucinogenic mushrooms and won’t alter your perception. Research suggests that certain mushrooms like ...

Wild mushrooms are found in forests and fields when it's damp out or after it has rained. Common edible mushrooms include chicken of the woods, morels, chanterelles, and giant puffballs. Beginner ...

Did you know that mushrooms are made of 90 per cent water? A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, which grows above the ground on soil or its food source. It is known as ...

Sean O'Brien, home horticulture program manager at UNH Extension, discusses types of mushrooms, how to identify them and who to determine where they grow. Sean O'Brien, home horticulture program ...

Mowing the yard outside his home in Windham, Ohio, William D. Hickman discovered what he thought would make a delicious addition to his dinner. A beautiful handful of mushrooms had popped out of the ...