It smells like rotten flesh, attracts flies, and looks like it's from an alien planet. But the stinkhorn mushroom is more common than people think.

With enough wood shaving to fill up the Grand Canyon around town, we are seeing some gross things popping up all over. These disgusting monsters rise out of the ground and smell comparable to the ...

I smelled it before I saw it. A single fungus had appeared in my back yard and a stench announced its presence. A green, wrinkled cap oozing slime sat upon a 5-inch stalk. Tiny flies flew around it, ...

I could hear my roasted root vegetables sizzling in the oven when I saw their car pull into my driveway. Eric and Nanette stepped out, carrying a big basket of food. A whole watermelon, can of ...

There are so many different mushrooms out there, step out the door and you will see tiny little turkey tails sprouting from logs, toadstools springing up in the lawn, puffballs, turkey tails, shelf ...

When I first saw the yellow-veiled stinkhorn, dubbed the ‘Queen of Mushrooms,’ in a mushroom guide, I was utterly astonished. Its yellow, vibrant appearance made the title seem perfectly fitting. I ...

“Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms…they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.” French philosopher Denis Diderot thus dismissed mushrooms in 1751 in his ...

The vernal equinox may be a month or so away (and isn’t “vernal equinox” a lovely set of sounds?) but in my neck of the woods, spring has already sprung, to my deep delight. This was a very dark ...