The Henley Beach school students are among 800 children across Australia to participate in a 14-school trial mushroom garden program over the next month. The […]
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The unravelled mushroom genome offers many opportunities
A consortium of 20 research groups, including Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, part of Wageningen UR, has mapped the entire genome of the button mushroom (Agaricus […]
Study On Fungi Helps Explain Coal Formation
A new study–which includes the first large-scale comparison of fungi that cause rot decay–suggests that the evolution of a type of fungi known as white […]
Medical mushrooms, Slow Food and bioremedation
Ian Garrone started Far West Fungi- out of his garage- 25 years ago to introduce America to the wide variety of edible fungi. Today, the […]
The Powerful Health Benefits of Shiitake Mushrooms
Mushrooms have special properties. No, we’re not talking about the hallucinogenic kind. The many varieties of fungi available in your local grocery store have a […]
Molecular characterization of a shiitake mycovirus
In the 1970s, mycoviruses were identified that infected the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes (shiitake), but they were not regarded as causal agents for mushroom diseases. […]
Mushroom compound appears to improve effectiveness of cancer drugs
A compound isolated from a wild, poisonous mushroom growing in a Southwest China forest appears to help a cancer killing drug fulfill its promise, researchers […]
East Malling Research goes for Dr. Kerry Burton on mushroom appointment
The future of mushroom research in the UK is safe thanks to a new appointment by East Malling Research. Dr Kerry Burton is internationally recognised […]