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The researchers tested around 20 species of fungi before declaring <em>T. reesei</em> the most promising.
science

The Fungus That Could Patch Up Cracking Buildings

What if concrete could heal itself from the inside out?
Jessica Leigh Hester January 22, 2018
A Parisian inspects mushrooms growing in the tunnels underneath the city.
31 days of halloween

The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.
Emily Monaco October 31, 2017
Huitlacoche on a corn cob.
Gastro Obscura

Huitlacoche

The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.
That's one big mushroom.
food

Found: One Incredibly Large Porcini Mushroom

It broke a Utah state record and came close to breaking the world record.
Sarah Laskow August 1, 2017
Front view of the Mushroom Building
Dassel, Minnesota

The Mushroom Building

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.
Noble rot causes grapes to lose water and shrivel up, but it's not all bad news.
science

How Noble Rot Makes for a Better, Peachier White Wine

Scientists compared how different fungi affect a wine's bouquet.
Kelsey Kennedy May 30, 2017
Christ's entombment from the Isenheim Altarpiece.
Colmar, France

The Isenheim Altarpiece

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.
The library of the Mark Twain House, in 1995.
fungus

There's a Lot of Mold Infesting the Mark Twain Museum in Connecticut

It's attached to his old house.
Cara Giaimo February 6, 2017
fungus

Watch the Devil's Fingers Rising From the Underworld

Also known as octopus stinkhorn, this fungus develops arms that move freely.
Mariana Zapata October 24, 2016
food

18th Century Britain's Great Culinary Breakthrough: Mushroom Ketchup

It's kind of gross! But not as gross as it sounds.
Sarah Laskow August 3, 2016
science

The Lost Mushroom Masterpiece Unearthed in a Dusty Drawer

How an obscure woman mycologist left her mark on fungi.
Atlas Obscura July 27, 2016
The EXTREME-E Platform, where Earth fungi lived for 18 months while suspended in space.
mars

Fleeting Wonders: Earth's Hardiest Fungi Survive In Space

Cara Giaimo January 29, 2016
A small slice of Pando looks over Utah.
trees

How A Fungus And A Tree Translated Underground Hugeness To Mainstream Success

Cara Giaimo October 21, 2015
The fungus.
Chignahuapan, Mexico

Iglesia del Honguito

Visit this small Mexican church to pray to a mushroom that is supposedly marked with the image of Christ.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France

La Cave des Roches (Mushroom Caves)

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Some of the "Humongous Fungus"
Grant, Oregon

Honey Mushroom: The Humongous Fungus

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Aspen, Colorado

Magic Mushroom House

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.
Armillaria gallica
Crystal Falls, Michigan

Humongous Fungus Fest

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.