In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s strangest experiments.

WURTSBORO — After a decade of volatile public hearings, lawsuits and more recent design changes, Yukiguni Maitake should begin construction this winter of a maitake mushroom plant on Route 209 near ...

While bioluminescent mushrooms certainly are fascinating, getting the things to grow in your home can be challenging. Thanks to a new study, however, it may soon be possible to buy glowing versions of ...

In our ruined global moment, watching something busily transform trash into fleshy, sculptural fruit is a comfort. Yellow oyster mushrooms at Smallhold, an indoor farm in Brooklyn that sells at-home ...