Here at The Optimist Daily, we are huge fans of mushrooms. As each year passes, more scientists are turning towards fantastic fungi to treat a range of mental health conditions and look to their impressive networks for inspiration in building complex computing devices. Mushrooms … [Read more...] about 4 surprising reasons to add more mushrooms to your diet
Fungi
Research suggests that mushrooms use language to talk to each other
Just when we thought mushrooms couldn’t get any cooler, a scientist from the University of West England recently published some more fabulous news about fungi and how they might communicate. According to his findings, Professor Andrew Adamatzky believes that the electrical … [Read more...] about Research suggests that mushrooms use language to talk to each other
Always growing: a dive back into the marvelous world of mushrooms
“Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.” - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, and essayist Science is ever-changing. Scientists and physicians used to be sure that contagions and diseases were spread from person to person by smell. This was called the … [Read more...] about Always growing: a dive back into the marvelous world of mushrooms
The secrets behind the ferocity of fungi exposed
Armillaria ostoyae is one of the toughest tree-killing fungi on the planet. It assembles with black tentacle-like structures called rhizomorphs, which leach onto trees and suck out their nutrients. The reason the fungi is so hard to kill has previously baffled scientists, with … [Read more...] about The secrets behind the ferocity of fungi exposed
Scientists strive to map and preserve underground fungal networks
Science is taking the fight against climate change underground—literally. The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks is on a mission to uncover the mysteries of the vast fungal networks found in the soil under our feet. We know that there’s an underground network … [Read more...] about Scientists strive to map and preserve underground fungal networks