What if your immune system had a fungal co-pilot? 🍄 The shiitake mushroom, beloved in stir-fry, might also be whispering genetic upgrades through a compound called lentinan—tweaking T-cells and flipping...

You’ve seen the zombie ant memes. Now meet the real Cordyceps militaris—the fungus that doesn’t just possess its prey but reprograms their genetic destiny

If mycelium hosted a camping retreat… it would be this.

Philadelphia isn’t just slinging cheesesteaks anymore—it’s slinging spores. With mushroom food and beverage sales up 450% since 2021, functional fungi are taking over the city’s plates, drinks, and snacks. From...

Maitake, aka Grifola frondosa, isn’t just a fluffy gourmet—it’s a forest-born algorithm tuning blood sugar through fractal-coded polysaccharides. Deep within its tree-dwelling genetics lie SX- and D-Fractions—compounds that can modulate...

Forget capes and spandex—the real superheroes of forest restoration wear hyphae. In Scotland, scientists are mapping the underground fungal web that keeps trees alive and entire ecosystems humming. With less...

Is the forest… conscious

The cornfields of Missouri and Illinois are once again in fungal crosshairs. Southern rust—fast, orange, and ruthless—teams up with tar spot’s stealthy black lesions to threaten millions of bushels. Together,...

The Mushroom That Ate Plastic—And Other Biotech Shroom Revelations Some mushrooms feed on wood. Some feed on dead bugs. This one craves plastic. Start Your SporeDive 🌌 You’ve heard of...

Somewhere below your toes, a network older than human speech pulses with life. Trees aren’t standing still—they’re texting each other using mushrooms as messengers. Welcome to the Wood Wide Web:...

Is your brain running on outdated firmware? 🧠🍄 Say hello to Lion’s Mane—a mushroom packed with compounds that don’t just support

They look like sunshine on a log and taste like they were designed by a Michelin chef. But Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources