The cool and humid forests and valleys tucked away in the distinctive elevation zones of the Smokies region are sometimes said to be home to a greater variety of species than any other place on earth.

Recently, I was capturing some photos for an unrelated project in East Spencer and I discovered some mushrooms growing in the front yard of the old Rowan County Schools office building. I guess it was ...

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I was taking a walk in my neighborhood and noticed that several of my neighbors had various mushrooms growing in their lawns. Mushrooms, sometimes called toadstools, are the visible reproductive ...

QUESTION: Just about every time it rains, I get bunches of these toadstools coming up in my lawn. They start out tan-colored, but in a few days they turn black and get really gross. I am worried that ...

THIS is a reprint in a separate form of the descriptions illustrative of two large sheets of figures of edible and poisonous fungi, with the addition of two key-plates. Not having been written and ...

Hunting for mushrooms deep in the forest is the ideal socially distanced pastime. By Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer KHOMUTYNSI, Ukraine — Valery Kravchuk, a seasoned mushroom hunter, pushed ...