Tag: Fungi
Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science
Amy Wrobleski, Penn State
Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Pick up a button mushroom from the supermarket and...
Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the...
Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus...
Hillary Jeanne Haldane, Quinnipiac University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Cannabis products may harbor fungal toxins harmful to human health, but...
Kimberly D. Gwinn, University of Tennessee
Hemp and cannabis host many fungi inside and outside the plant, most of...
Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The...
Sheryl Barringer, The Ohio State University
In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video...
Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques...
Scott Solomon, Rice University
King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source –...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
