The Chinese traditionally used smooth inky cap mushrooms to treat dermatitis; Swedes used the same mushroom to heal burns. Boletus edulis mushrooms were used in traditional Asian medicine to treat leg ...

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Fungi have quietly shaped the trajectory of human civilization, from the diets of Paleolithic foragers to the beer in modern glasses and the experimental psychiatric drugs now in clinical trials. The ...

The word "fungus" may inspire visions of an unwanted growth under your nail or maybe even of a pizza topping before thoughts of a thriving ecosystem. But fungi are a remarkably diverse group of ...