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Inonotus obliquus You must have already seen Chaga high on a tree. At first sight, you thought you had discovered a coal chunk in an unlikely place...

El Honguito The Artist Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) forms a semi-circular plate emerging from deciduous trees. Abundant across our hemisphere, it is...

Lentinula edodes For millennia, the geographical distribution of fungal species evolved very slowly: despite their infinitesimal weight, spores gen...

Annually in the US, the North American Mycological Association registers very few deaths related to wild mushroom consumption, generally less than ...

Fungi, bacteria and plants break down their surrounding material Hydrocarbons Fungi are unique in that they can break down lignin, the component th...

The world of mushrooms is not limited to those that are easily seen with the naked eye – it includes countless microscopic organisms which work tog...

More than 400 million years ago, fungi discovered agriculture : they began cultivating algeae and cyanobacteriae to meet their needs in carbohydrat...

Known in China for over 2000 years, Kombucha has gained worldwide popularity in recent years. A fermented drink, it is often said to have medicinal...

You love wild mushrooms. You do not have time to forage them yourself and sometimes no time to cook. Discover a few good restaurants in Montréal wh...

Two summers ago “Chagagab” decided that after turning 15 he would attempt a wilderness survival experience. It has been three years now that this y...

The continued impact of global warming on future distribution of species is a subject of great concern. A recently published study, Changements cli...

You must have heard about the butterfly effect: according to a certain Chaos Theory, the beat of a butterfly’s wings in the tropics can cause a sto...