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Bunches and bunches of Cavendishes.
food

No, the Banana Apocalypse Is Not Around the Corner

But Colombia’s outbreak of lethal banana fungus is still bad news.
Sabrina Imbler August 16, 2019
Etchison rappels into yet another mine.
gold rush

North Carolina’s Abandoned Gold Mines Don’t Have Gold, But Do Have Bats

A deadly disease could devastate these thriving colonies of winged critters.
Sabrina Imbler August 14, 2019
A lovely desert truffle.
deserts

As Israel’s Desert Truffles Become Scarce, a Researcher Works to Grow Them as Crops

Decades of work have led to a breakthrough.
Lela Nargi July 1, 2019
Welcome to the MosquitoSphere.
science

Inside Burkina Faso’s Mosquito Dome, Where Venomous Fungus Is Put to the Test

An innovative research center dedicated to blood, biting, and beating back malaria.
Sabrina Imbler June 14, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Omajowa

Massive mushrooms spring from tall termite mounds during rainy season in Namibia.
This thread could have been a sandwich.
science

Could Your Clothes Be Made Out of Leftover Bread One Day?

Maybe, thanks to the magic of fungus.
Evan Nicole Brown June 11, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Brisbane Customs House Mushrooms

The basement of a 19th-century government building provides peak conditions for delicious fungi.
Cordyceps for sale at a high-end Chinese medicine store.
fungus

The Race to Cultivate China's Beloved 'Zombie Mushroom'

Used in traditional medicine, caterpillar fungus is pricey, potent, and increasingly scarce.
Isobel Whitcomb May 15, 2019
The tree is hollow in the middle.
forests

The End Is Near for One of Sweden's Oldest Trees

A giant oak is staring down the leafy green beyond.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 7, 2019
The newest member of the MCBF family
fungus

Scientists Discovered a New Family of Fungi on an 800-Year-Old Cathedral in Portugal

This miniature foe is munching through the stone walls of Sé Velha.
Jonathan Carey January 31, 2019
Cherni Vit green cheese.
Gastro Obscura

Cherni Vit Green Cheese

A small village in Bulgaria is working to revive its nearly extinct moldy cheese.
Don't touch the fatberg.
cemeteries

The Year in Grossness

2018 was chock-full of nauseating delights.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 28, 2018
Depending on who you ask, <em>Rhodotus palmatus</em> looks like a brain or a wrinkled peach.
science

The Most Amazing, Smelly, Deadly Fungi in North America

Handing out superlatives to some overlooked species.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”
Gastro Obscura

Djon-Djon

The Haitian mushroom transforms rice into an inky, earthy delicacy.
<em>Armillaria gallica</em> can get very, very big.
science

The Original 'Humungous Fungus' Is Even Bigger and Older Than We Thought

But it's not the biggest.
Matthew Taub October 12, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Tokaji Eszencia

A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.
Meteorite samples from Antarctica arriving at NASA's Texas facility.
meteorites

Found: Fungus in NASA's Clean Rooms

Meteorites, meet Penicillium.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 27, 2018