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 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 ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Prof. Anne Pringle, a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about the latest research on death cap mushrooms, revealing new information about the enigmatic ...