Thursday, 9 February, 2012

When walking in the woods, if you stumble upon a large yellow or orange shelved mushroom growing on a tree, it is quite possible you have found a species of Laetiporus, colloquially known as chicken of the woods, among other name variations. If cooked correctly, it does in fact taste like chicken. Laetiporus is a [...]

No, that’s not a cover of a 70s-era psychedelic rock album. But if you were thinking “Dark Side of the Mushroom,” you’re closer than you think. This is a dark photo of a bioluminescent bunch of Mycena lucentipes mushrooms. They’re an especially radiant species of the 65 different mushroom varieties known to glow. Why does [...]