The National Park Service has a new take on an unusual woodland discovery: the bleeding tooth fungus. Known for its striking appearance, the bleeding tooth fungus—also called Devil’s tooth fungus or ...

Matt Kasson: Hydnellum peckii is a prized mushroom species not for its edibility, but its strange tooth-like projections on the underside and red blood-like droplets that form atop a flattened ...

There are probably more than two or three million kinds of fungi, although fewer than about two hundred thousand are known taxonomically. What strange creatures they are: not plants, although their ...

On a dark and dismal day in late September, I cheered myself up by remembering some pleasing observations in recent weeks: • On the dike trail, a harrier in brown plumage (female or juvenile) coursed ...

If you walk out of your back door or into the forest and look down, you may encounter a bleeding tooth, a destroying angel, or, if you’re lucky, dead man’s fingers. These are fungi. With grim names ...

Few organisms capture the imagination like the bleeding tooth fungus. Its oozing crimson droplets and ghostly white cap make it a natural spectacle. Discover how this strange fungus survives, spreads, ...

In the natural world, fungi truly belong to a kingdom all their own. They play vital roles—helping humans craft drinks like beer, breaking down dead plants and animals to recycle nutrients, and ...

In the natural world, fungi truly belong to a kingdom all their own. They play vital roles—helping humans craft drinks like beer, breaking down dead plants and animals to recycle nutrients, and ...

EMPIRE, MI -- Michigan mushroom hunters know there’s a whole grocery store out in the woods come fall foraging season. Up north in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, you may find some toothy ...