Mushroom boom

Indian farmers are busy harvesting the booming demand for mushrooms. The problem is that it is a delicacy that is rather fastidious about its …

Mushrooms anyone

Discovery of a mammoth tree-killing fungus causes a stir

Meatier mushroom

Mushrooming study

MUSHROOMING PROBLEM

Mushroom magic

In a recent breakthrough, an Indian mushroom has been found to be extremely effective in controlling heavy metal pollution

Rare fungus found

The mushroom of the royal

Nature has bestowed Kashmir with extraordinary climatic conditions and forest cover, apt for different mushroom varieties including gucchi (…

Best for mushrooms

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

Nutritious 'weeds'

In Wayanad, Kerala, wild plants hold the key to the survival of the poorest, say n anil kumar and m k ratheesh narayanan

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

Mushroom papads, jams, cakes to soon hit markets to push production

This is an effort to popularise it so people don’t consider it a non-vegetarian food or are unaware of its nutritional benefits, says the …

These farmers use paddy straw for income

Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased pollution, too

Mushrooms shield body from radiation

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Traditionally secure: The Baigas and their uncultivated foods

People belonging to the Baiga tribe mostly depend on forests and its plants for their livelihood. They possess the ability to recognise hundreds …

Not so lovely fair trade

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …

COVID-19: Experts look at mushrooms for employment, immunity concerns

The Directorate of Mushroom Research in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan announced release of four new high-yielding strains of mushrooms recently 

Research on a Green Muscle, a mushroom, to wipe out locusts

Researchers identify fungus for pyrene remediation

The highly toxic pyrene can be broken down by the fungus