Fungi are sprouting in clusters after weeks of heavy rain in the Bay Area. That may be good news for those interested in ...

Just when you thought you were a lawn care pro, blemishes on your green grass appear. A common culprit to these brown spots or dead grass is a fungal lawn disease. Turf diseases tend to happen during ...

Expert: "Tylopilus. We discussed that earlier. Check your notes if you can't remember. Many of the Boletes, several of the genera, have those white pores when they're young. The Boletus -- like ...

FAIRBANKS — The fungi fruits at Creamer’s Field range in smell from “liquoricey” to a “green corn odor.” They range in shape from coral-like “teeth” mushrooms to tiny red buttons with eyelash-type ...

Mushroom season has begun. A wide variety of fungi are sprouting up in forests and yards, especially after a heavy rainstorm. While wild mushrooms are generally safe to touch, eating mysterious fungi ...

DNA barcoding systems employ a short, standardized gene region to identify species. A 648-bp segment of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (CO1) is the core barcode region for animals, but its ...

GAINESVILLE - Summer is here in Florida, and that means one thing for fungi identification expert Matt Smith. “More mushrooms, and more questions about mushrooms,” said Smith, an associate professor ...