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Mushrooms

Part of the mushroom crop.

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

The Woodlands at Phillips Mushroom Farms

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Fairy Ring Light

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Cordyceps add a pop of color and umami to ramen.

How to Cook a Delicious Meal With Zombie Fungus

Conquer your "Last of Us" fears by consuming Cordyceps.

Natalie Zarrelli March 10, 2023

Edison, New Jersey

Hoopar Brothers Gravestone

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

Harvested fire morels against charred bits of wood.

The Mysterious Mushroom That Only Grows in Burn Scars

To find fire morels, forage after wildfires.

Elaina Zachos July 12, 2022

Close-up of one of the cases.

Zagreb, Croatia

Museum of Mushrooms

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

Termitomyces Titanicus

The biggest edible mushroom in the world is also delicious.

The mushrooms typically appear on their own or in a very small cluster.

Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom

It is a key part of local culture, and looks like it was colored with a crayon.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 2, 2021

View of "Mushroom street"

Alicante, Spain

Calle de Las Setas (The Mushroom Street)

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

Believe it or not, this picture was taken on land.

A Wave of Colorful ‘Coral’ Fungi Is Washing Over Wales

The magenta-colored blooms are rare but easy to spot.

Sabrina Imbler November 26, 2019

Omajowa

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.

Brisbane Customs House Mushrooms

The basement of a 19th-century government building provides peak conditions for delicious fungi.

Depending on who you ask, <em>Rhodotus palmatus</em> looks like a brain or a wrinkled peach.

The Most Amazing, Smelly, Deadly Fungi in North America

Handing out superlatives to some overlooked species.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2018

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”

Djon-Djon

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.

<em>Armillaria gallica</em> can get very, very big.

The Original 'Humungous Fungus' Is Even Bigger and Older Than We Thought

But it's not the biggest.

Matthew Taub October 12, 2018

Moody mushrooms form the eponymous cloud.

These Mushroom Clouds Are Made From Actual Mushrooms

A team of artists create horror out of fungi.

Anne Ewbank June 13, 2018

Matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare)

Washington Could Get an Official State Mushroom

A bill would enshrine American matsutake as one of a few fungal symbols in the U.S.

Sarah Laskow February 5, 2018