A new report warns that AI can’t be relied upon for mushroom identification, which is way more complicated than running a photo through its systems. Reading time 3 minutes If frolicking in the woods ...

British gardeners have been warned to be on the lookout for a fast–spreading fungus that is not as delightful as it sounds. Honey fungus, also known as 'golden mushroom' or Armillaria mellea, is a ...

After half a century of patiently waiting in the dark and biding their time, the deadliest mushroom in the world has arrived in Idaho. For decades, Amanita phalloides — commonly known as the death cap ...

If you’re considering foraging for wild mushrooms in Texas, think again. The death cap, or Amanita phalloides, one of the world’s most toxic mushrooms, grows right here in the Lone Star State, and ...

And this one, riffing off the deadliest mushroom in the world that is increasing in the Northwest: Death Cap isn’t Cutie. But we digress. Mushrooms are known to flourish here in the Pacific Northwest, ...

In mushroom foraging, there’s little room for error. Researcher Rick Claypool learned this the hard way. A few months into his foraging hobby, Claypool picked a ...

True morels are hollow with pitted caps, unlike false morels which are solid or ridged. Approximately 50 of Michigan's 2,500 mushroom species are toxic to humans. The hunt for much-loved morel ...

Anyone who eats death cap mushrooms may fall ill, then appear to recover, but the poison can then cause liver failure or death, officials said. Photo by Michael G. Wood via British Columbia Centre for ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - The first confirmation of death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) in Idaho was recently reported to the Idaho Division of Public Health. An amateur mycologist spotted the ...