In order to defy climate change and the bark beetle, more deciduous trees are being planted in Swiss forests. If possible, ...

Beside the bluebells and celandines on the woodland floor, Fortey searches for morels, “the most delicious of all fungi”.

A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with flying colors, and researchers say this ...

Fungi are a natural part of landscapes. They go unnoticed until we see signs of them or symptoms on plants. Signs can be mold, mushrooms, decay or rusty colored dust ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have found a way to enhance the ...

With wet weather and falling tempera-tures, this is the season of the mushrooms. I spotted this fungus or mushroom in Lady ...

Empa researchers have developed bioluminescent wood by infusing hardwood with the honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens), a ...