that there are numerous false morels that can be highly toxic. They're difficult to tell apart from real morels, even for experienced mushroom hunters. So, it's best to stick to buying morels from ...

Despite its grotesque appearance, the false morel is sometimes mistaken for the true morel—a prized edible mushroom. This mistake can be deadly, as emphasized in a 2007 case study from the ...

In Lithuania’s Dzūkija National Park, losing yourself amongst the pine trees while hunting for mushrooms is an occurrence so ...

rustic bowl full of fresh morel mushrooms - Kcline/Getty Images For some, the surest signs of spring are crocuses and strawberries. But others -- earthier types, perhaps — await the appearance ...

Now, Djūkija's estimated 300 varieties of edible mushrooms draw mycophiles from ... in Djūkija to safely consume in soups; whilst false morels – deep brown, wrinkled and often deadly when ...

Alt meat startup Meati Foods has settled a putative class action lawsuit alleging it falsely advertised its cutlets and steaks as ‘made from mushroom root’ when they are in fact made from a strain of ...

US startup Meati Foods is facing a second lawsuit in less than a year for marketing its mycelium meat products as made from ‘mushroom root’. Just a week after it settled a false advertising lawsuit in ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mushrooms are everywhere — on forest floors, in gardens, in networks connecting below our feet. The largest organism ...