An urban farmer and Columbus chef has found a niche growing mushrooms that he promises will not serve as a precursor to a “The Last of Us” kind of zombie apocalypse. Marcus Smith, owner of Marc’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Cordyceps mushroom, an exotic fungus, grows by infecting insects ...

Like most foods, mushrooms are best when fresh … but it can be difficult to grow them yourself. Shrooly is designed to help, by automatically providing the best conditions for pre-inoculated ...

Josh Yake, founder and owner of Gourmet Foragables & More, of Spokane, said he remembers when he was the only mushroom vendor at Inland Northwest farmers markets. But over the last couple of years, he ...

A team of scientists from Korea and Egypt have discovered a better way to grow insect-hunting fungi in a lab, according to research published Wednesday in Frontiers in Microbiology, a breakthrough ...

Just in time for Halloween, scientists in Korea say they’ve found a better way to grow an insect-destroying mushroom in the lab. Their work could make studying these fungi easier, which is important, ...

Researchers grew cordyceps mushrooms on six different kinds of insects. They found that mushrooms grown amid high levels of oleic fatty acid contained the most cordycepin, a potential therapeutic ...

When most people think of mushrooms, they picture the typical cap mushrooms found in most supermarkets. These mushrooms are often used as a meat substitute or as a side dish, adding a layer of ...

Researchers are currently raising mushrooms that consume a variety of insects. However, these are not ordinary mushrooms, for they may aid in the creation of novel antiviral and anticancer medications ...