April and May are the two favorite months of mushroom hunters. Warm weather coupled with spring rains mean mushrooms start popping up everywhere, making this time of year prime time for foraging.

It’s that time of year where mushroom patches will start popping up left and right, and while many see them as a lawn nuisance, some people see the opportunity for a hobby. Mushroom harvesting in ...

Have you noticed the world getting a little more obsessed with mushrooms lately? Maybe you steer clear of wild mushrooms entirely because you don’t have a clue what’s delectable, what’s psychedelic, ...

There are loads of mushrooms popping up all over the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region right now, and learning how to properly identify them can be somewhat tricky. There’s an old joke ...

A few years ago a reader sent me an email about identifying a mushroom in his lawn. These mushrooms were popping up in the lawn in clusters, just as I had in my yard a few weeks ago. The reader said ...

The hills are alive with the sights of mushrooms! It’s nearing peak mushroom season for both novice and pro foragers in the Pacific Northwest. The 2023 mushroom season is predicted to be more fruitful ...

Giant puffball mushrooms, or Calvatia gigantea, are a popular and recognizable edible mushroom. Puffballs are round with a white interior and exterior and grow on small, barely noticeable stems. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of us were told the same thing about wild mushrooms when we were growing up: Don’t touch! Times are changing, however, and so is our connection to fungi. As Coloradans come around on the power of ...