Read more: What Happens If You Accidentally Eat Mold? Maitakes are edible mushrooms that grow in clusters at the base of hardwood trees, particularly oak trees. They're also known as "hen of the ...

These clusters sometimes resemble the tail feathers ... and even extend your lifespan. While all edible mushrooms are healthy ...

There are over 2,000 varieties of edible mushrooms ... When you buy enoki mushrooms, select white, dry, and firm clusters. Make sure that the stalks don’t have slime, discoloration, or spots.

[Kyle] is into growing mushrooms (the legal, edible type) and automating things. This led to his system for automated mushroom cultivation. We’ve seen an automated system for growing fungi bef ...

make sure you know for certain what mushrooms you’re picking up. Although there are many varieties of edible mushrooms, there are also many that are toxic, some of which are look-alikes to their ...

Natural compounds from plants and animals have long been used in drug development, but mushrooms remain underexplored despite their rich chemical potential. Now, researchers from Japan have ...

“I go to pull open my shades and this is what I find,” she says. Then, Kristin moves the camera to the window to reveal mushroom clusters growing on it. ”Mushrooms growing out my window.” In the ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mushrooms are everywhere — on forest floors, in gardens, in networks connecting below our feet. The largest organism ...