When mushrooms make the news, it's often for grim reasons—a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile ...

As the BBC reported, the architecture firm Redhouse Studio developed a "mycotecture" method that uses fungal mycelium to ...

Researchers from the University of Maine have developed a natural waterproof coating that may one day replace single-use ...

In a new study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers describe the process of creating ...

Some fungi live up to 2,500 years thanks to an internal system that eliminates harmful cells and prevents genetic mutations.

As global populations continue to grow, so does the need for nutritious food and efficient manufacturing processes. Current ...

Two leaders in the mushroom supplement space, Paul Stamets and Jeff Chilton, had been friends since the 1970s. Then they got into a feud about a seemingly simple question that is anything but. What ...

Eben Bayer is a believer in the power of mushrooms. As cofounder and CEO of Ecovative, he’s built a business making compostable packaging from mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, for companies ...

CATSKILL, N.Y. – If you’ve ever wondered why mushrooms can cost $10 a pound or more, you might want to pay a visit to the Bulich Mushroom Farm in this economically hard-pressed upstate village. Frank ...

Somewhere in Green Island, New York, there is a tiny house filled with mushroom insulation. No one lives in it; the team at Ecovative Design–a company that makes mycelium-based bioplastics–is using ...