‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds
The ‘wood wide web’ theory charmed us all – but now it’s the subject of a bitter fight among scientists
Sophie Yeo
June 2024
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’
Could a fungus trigger a Last of Us-style apocalypse? The author of What If Fungi Win? says despite dangers, the organisms are of great use to science
May 2024
Mushroom-growing boom could cause biodiversity crisis, warn UK experts
Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend
April 2024
Far Beyond the Pasturelands review – on the trail of the ‘Himalayan Viagra’
Documentary reveals the cost to Nepalese villagers of harvesting a supposed aphrodisiac that sells for more than gold in China
America's dirty divide
‘Solar-powered vacuum cleaners’: the native plants that could clean toxic soil
Indigenous groups see hope in the environmentally friendly process of bioremediation. But will cities pay attention?
Rare truffle find in Scottish spruce forest sends fungi experts on alien species hunt
Chamonixia caespitosa found during rewilding project in west Highlands while removing non-native Sitka spruce
March 2024
Rare fungus to be moved from Scotland to England in hopes to save species
Pass notes
Forbidden fungi: why mushrooms have been banished from National Trust menus
February 2024
Killer fungi detectives: inside the lab that may be fighting the next pandemic
Researchers in Adelaide are at the forefront of finding new fungal pathogens, which are spreading more because of climate change and can be deadly without effective drugs
Fungi: Web of Life review – Björk and Merlin Sheldrake guide trippy mushroom doc
Beginner’s guide to the wrap-your-brain-around-them facts of mycological science boosts the wonder with 3D time-lapse photography
The age of extinction
Who’s the smallest of them all? Meet the world’s amazing tiniest creatures
Often overlooked in favour of larger, more charismatic cousins, we asked scientists to tell us about the smallest-known species, from a nano-chameleon to a miniature frog
January 2024
Young country diary
Young country diary: My excellent fungal find – the winter mushroom
Make mine a mushroom macchiato: are the new boosted coffees worth the hype?
Brief letters
The fishy flavour of lapsang souchong
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug
Country diary
Country diary: A velvety fungus that shows names matter
Rare mushroom sighting near Bristol spawns native fungi cloning project
Tree that lives underground among newly named plant species
