Eating a lookalike of a mushroom commonly foraged in the Pacific Northwest could have dire consequences. Researchers are sounding the alarm about some so-called “false morels” that, when eaten over a ...

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and Peziza meridionalis with the assistance of DNA sequencing, highlighting ...

As temperatures climb and the opportunity to forage for food grows, so do the opportunities to accidentally ingest toxic ...

As the fall air moves in, mushrooms begin to make their way to the surface. While the spring morel often comes to mind when thinking about mushroom hunting, it’s in the fall that other edible ...

I used to find letting people go so difficult. As someone who’s experienced a lot of abandonment and struggled with self-worth, I’ve tended to cling to people, as well as over-invest and ...

Sonoma County health officials are warning of toxic, poisonous mushrooms that can be dangerous to people and their pets. A Sonoma County man picked and ate wild mushrooms that poisoned and killed him ...

North Texas Mycological Association President Sebastian Tabibi shows different mushrooms to attendees during a foraging walk, Sunday morning, December 14, 2025 at River Legacy Parks in Arlington.

Mushrooms of Sonoma County: Join Melina Kozanitas, biologist and mycology lecturer at Sonoma State University, to learn how to find, identify, and understand local mushrooms at Pepperwood Preserve ...

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 ...

Mushrooms go bad quickly. If you plan to use your mushrooms soon after purchasing—ideally within two days—it's fine to refrigerate them in their original packaging on a fridge shelf. But if you need ...