Ann Arbor-based companies dominate our ranking of Michigan's largest venture capital firms Magic mushrooms? Two Marquette ...

For the past four years, University of Minnesota researcher Bob Blanchette has examined over 165 varieties of subterranean fungi that have been growing in various caves and iron ore mines around ...

Mushrooms should never be foraged for, eaten or grown unless they have been identified as a safe, edible variety. Cole Hillis loves his fungus. Especially the kind you can eat. He had a background ...

University of Minnesota researchers at the College of Biological Sciences Kennedy Lab detail the role dead fungi play in balancing carbon within the soil. The Kennedy Lab studies fungi both dead and ...

Fungi could be classed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection under plans drawn up by the UK and Chile. The proposal, submitted to a UN conference on ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even ...

Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they serve the interests of a master, whether it’s a virus, fungus or some other harmful agent. Those all are ...

Is a zombie apocalypse caused by fungi, like the Cordyceps from “The Last of Us,” something that could realistically happen? – Jupiter, age 15, Ithaca, New York Zombies strike fear into our ...

The correct identification of edible mushrooms is therefore still an important prerequisite for an enjoyable and carefree mushroom meal. More information: Sebastian Dörner et al, The Fatal ...

Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they serve the interests of a master, whether it's a virus, fungus or some other harmful agent. Those all are ...