Tag: Mushrooms
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.
The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick...
Joshua Kellogg, Penn State
Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe...
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...
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....
Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University; Brian Lovett, West Virginia University, and Patricia Kaishian, Bard College
It’s no secret that...
Why are some mushrooms poisonous?
Karen Hughes, University of Tennessee
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable...
Mitchell P. Jones, Vienna University of Technology
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some...
Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment...
Erick Leite Bastos, Universidade de São Paulo
What’s your favorite color? If you answered blue, you’re in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
