Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it, joined by others that creep up from the soil.

While the Germans may have hung the dried mushrooms on their trees more for luck than decoration ... cap of the fly agaric ...

Boulder Mushroom is researching fungi's ability to decompose wildfire fuels like fallen trees and dead grass that can ignite ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...

“But generally the higher humidity of the forest is going to encourage ... from probable morel locations to tree identification. Better yet, go with an experienced hunter. Although Witzofsky ...

Williamson and I headed off into the forest with our baskets ... "I've never found so many on one tree!" she said. Even though she's hunted for mushrooms her whole life, she seemed as thrilled ...

Mushrooms are super-healthy for us ... so while I call my honey ‘wildflower honey,’ it’s really ‘forest honey’ or ‘tree flower honey.’” The farm’s egg-laying chickens forage ...

The fungus, which lives inside the leaves, not only increases the production of defensive substances in the trees, but also produces an alkaloid itself that protects the trees from feeding damage.