Laser light illuminates spores spreading from this Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Mushrooms "make their own wind" to spread spores, new research shows. Many once thought that mushrooms spread by ...

Why on earth would a mushroom glow at night? The existence of bioluminescent mushrooms has been noted since the time of the ancient Greeks, but less is known is about why a small percentage of fungi ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST, N.C. — Here’s what I was told: Get away from the city, go during a new moon and keep my flashlight off. When the sky faded black enough to spot stars twinkling, I’d be able to ...

There's a good side to a spotty monsoon and missing out on the tail end of those tropical storms bashing Texas. Our mold and mushroom spore season has been pretty much a bust, said Tucson allergen ...

Many once thought that mushrooms spread by passively dropping their spores, after which the reproductive packets would hopefully get picked up by a gust of wind, and carried thither and yon. But new ...