The fruiting bodies of bambusicolous Shiraia fungi have long been used in traditional Chinese folk medicine. Hypocrellin A (HA) is a bioactive perylenequinone from the fruiting bodies and serves as an ...

Sometimes a photo is literally a matter of life, death — and zombies. This haunting image, winner of the 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition, certainly fits that description. It ...

One of Britain's rarest fungi has been found on an estate in Hertfordshire. The Vaulted Earthstar, scientifically known as ...

Morel mushrooms are spring’s fungal prize. Autumn offers mycophagus collectors many more opportunities, and over a much longer season. Sulphur fungi (chicken-of-the-woods), puffballs, oyster fungi, ...

Libre Foods is working with both fungi fruiting bodies and mycelia to boost diversity, functionality, and taste in meat-free offerings, CEO Alan Iván Ramos tells FoodNavigator. Plant-based meat ...