A recent study discovered measurable poison in wild false morel mushrooms eaten before a rare cluster of the fatal nerve ...

Morel season is here, but some look-alikes can be deadly. Learn how to identify true morels from false ones.

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Eating wild mushrooms ...

A few years ago a reader sent me an email about identifying a mushroom in his lawn. These mushrooms were popping up in the lawn in clusters, just as I had in my yard a few weeks ago. The reader said ...

Have you noticed the world getting a little more obsessed with mushrooms lately? Maybe you steer clear of wild mushrooms entirely because you don’t have a clue what’s delectable, what’s psychedelic, ...

As spring greens up, the mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus) emerges in clusters on decaying wood, offering a unique visual cue with its sparkling, mica-like granules. While these small, edible mushrooms ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to tell whether a plant is toxic or not based on its name alone. This isn’t the case with the death cap mushroom, which is as poisonous as it sounds. Although this ...

Golden oyster edible mushrooms is invading forests across the United States, displacing native species and disrupting the ...