The National Park Service has a new take on an unusual woodland discovery: the bleeding tooth fungus. Known for its striking appearance, the bleeding tooth fungus—also called Devil’s tooth fungus or ...

Matt Kasson: Hydnellum peckii is a prized mushroom species not for its edibility, but its strange tooth-like projections on the underside and red blood-like droplets that form atop a flattened ...

In the natural world, fungi truly belong to a kingdom all their own. They play vital roles—helping humans craft drinks like beer, breaking down dead plants and animals to recycle nutrients, and ...

Editor's note -- Preface -- 1. How to use this book -- 2. Mushrooms are fungi -- 3. Mushroom poisoning -- pt. 1. Non-gilled mushrooms -- 4. Sac fungi : Ascomycetes -- Miscellaneous sac and cup fungi - ...