If mushrooms or toadstools have suddenly appeared up in your yard, you are probably wondering why, and what you can do about them. Mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi reproduce not by seeds, but by ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. From a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has ...

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. You may be familiar with the red ...

Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging them out or applying fungicides is futile and counterproductive, as fungi are vital for soil ...

THE outstanding feature of this book is its price— one dollar ! For a large, well-bound volume of 274 thick leaded pages, with 128 plates containing hundreds of unusually good photographs of fungi, ...