By Mongabay.com Often hidden from view, fungi are critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us ...

In a nutshell Researchers discovered that the internal thread orientation of mushrooms, specifically hyphal filaments, can ...

There are a few reasons the makers of mushroom products might pick synthetic tryptamines over ground-up mushrooms or mushroom extract, explained Tomas Garrett, lead scientist at Oakland Hyphae.

At Hyphae Labs, scientists tested samples sent from more than 50 growers to determine how much psilocybin and psilocin, two of the hallucinogenic compounds found in magic mushrooms, were in each ...

Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop” ... Its long branching filaments (called hyphae) are the part of the 'shroom that grows into the rotting wood.

An oyster mushroom’s hyphae with toxocysts, imaged by scanning electron microscopy. Yi-Yun Lee. They then analyzed what was within the lollipop structures of non-mutant oyster mushrooms and ...

The oyster mushroom’s weapon of choice seems to be a toxin: Worms that touch the fungus are paralyzed, and their cells fall apart as they succumb to the hyphae.

The oyster mushrooms themselves are non-toxic, says Hsueh. After the fungus kills its prey, its hyphae grow into the nematodes’ bodies to suck out their contents .

Johns believes the price of chanterelles will likely go up in 2025 as more pickers descend on another large mushroom patch ...

Hyphae and High-wire. On Your Farm. Verity Sharp visits a farmer and circus performer growing shitake mushrooms in Pembrokeshire. Show more.