Environment
UK mushroom growing uses 100,000 m鲁 of peat a year 鈥� can we do better?
Peat bogs are an important carbon store, so mushroom growers are searching for a way to grow their produce on other substrates
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Life
Slug poo helps mushrooms start new colonies by spreading spores
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Life
The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory
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Life
Birds in Patagonia have a surprising taste for truffles
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Earth
Fantastic fungi images capture the magic of mushrooms
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Life
A species of yeast produces near-identical clones when it has sex
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Health
The other superbugs: Killer fungi are the threat we need to act on now
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Life
The bizarre reason Skittles taste different in the UK and the US
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Health
Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals
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Environment
There is so much we don’t yet know about fungi
Fungi are perhaps the most enigmatic organisms on the planet. Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake says we are only just beginning to discover how they work
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Fungi’s fabulous future in mental health and sustainable materials
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Life
The oldest fungi fossils have been identified in a Belgian museum
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Life
The torrid secret lives of truffles make Game of Thrones look tame
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Environment
Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life
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