According to the calendar, winter began with the winter solstice of Dec. 21. It will end at the time of the vernal equinox March 21. As we travel through these days of the cold season, we might note ...

Fungi that live on trees perform an important function in the forest ecosystem by breaking down dead wood. This is no easy feat, because wood is very resilient. It is held together by a biopolymer ...

Dec. 6—A very dry September was followed by October, which was also arid, though not as much as the previous month. These are prime mushroom times in most years, but not this year. Mushrooms in the ...

Before most of the other fungi make their appearance in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region, specimens of sulphur shelf fungus (Laetiporus gilbertsonii) appear like bright ...

This story was originally featured on Outdoor Life. You might not expect tree fungus to be particularly useful, but—surprise—it’s often very handy. If you have birch or black locust trees growing near ...

I recently found a striking red shelf fungus while walking through a hemlock grove near my house. This was a beautiful shady woods with giant old hemlocks towering overhead and massive rotting stumps ...