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Mushrooms

Depending on who you ask, <em>Rhodotus palmatus</em> looks like a brain or a wrinkled peach.

The Most Amazing, Smelly, Deadly Fungi in North America

Handing out superlatives to some overlooked species.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2018

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”

Djon-Djon

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.

<em>Armillaria gallica</em> can get very, very big.

The Original 'Humungous Fungus' Is Even Bigger and Older Than We Thought

But it's not the biggest.

Matthew Taub October 12, 2018

Moody mushrooms form the eponymous cloud.

These Mushroom Clouds Are Made From Actual Mushrooms

A team of artists create horror out of fungi.

Anne Ewbank June 13, 2018

Matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare)

Washington Could Get an Official State Mushroom

A bill would enshrine American matsutake as one of a few fungal symbols in the U.S.

Sarah Laskow February 5, 2018

Looking across the circular structure of Pamashto, with the two solstice-aligned openings.

Ceremonial Center of Pamashto

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

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How Vladimir Lenin Became a Mushroom

The fake news that took the former Soviet Union by storm.

Eric Grundhauser December 5, 2017

A bridal veil stinkhorn in the wild.

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

This pretty mushroom smells like rotting flesh.

The orange stem belongs to the original mushroom; the grey head to the bodysnatching parasite.

Found: A Rare Bodysnatching Fungus

The Powdercap Strangler is no joke.

Sarah Laskow October 31, 2017

A Parisian inspects mushrooms growing in the tunnels underneath the city.

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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.

Emily Monaco October 31, 2017

White truffles can be found in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Italian Truffle Prices Mushroom After a Parched October

A lot of money for a little fungus.

Natasha Frost October 27, 2017

Let's look through the veil.

Scientists Have Unlocked the Magic in 'Magic Mushrooms'

The recipe for psilocybin just got a whole lot more clear.

Eric Grundhauser August 16, 2017