Study suggests mushrooms can boost heart health and slash blood pressure
A new study has analyzed the effects of adding whole mushrooms into a person’s diet, either as a single shift or an entire dietary change with the goal of eating healthier. The researchers found new evidence that mushrooms could boost cardiometabolic health and even...
Mushrooms use perspiration as a tool to stay cool
It’s not yet clear why fungi might want to stay cool. However, the discovery sheds light on a potentially fundamental aspect of fungal biology and may even have implications for human health. It is, to me, a very interesting unexplained phenomenon, said Dr. Arturo...
Mushroom Coffins
DUTCH STARTUP LOOP runs a factory in the city of Delft that’s unlike any other you may have visited. For one thing, as soon as you enter, the scent of mushrooms fills your nostrils like the smell of a forest after rain. If you follow your nose, you’ll arrive at a damp...
Can Mushrooms talk?
Language. While it has long been thought of as a distinguishing factor between humans and other animals, making us unique on planet Earth, recent research has shown many other species, such as bees and dolphins, also possess the ability to communicate. Now, a new...
Can mushrooms heal the climate? They’ve done it before.
The Fungi Foundation, the world’s first non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to fungi, seeks to raise awareness about the role fungi can play in mitigating climate change and increasing biodiversity. Giuliana Furci, a mycologist and founder of the Fungi...
Mushrooms changing the pesticide landscape for the better
Pesticides are biological poisons and are being used in greater and greater quantities every year to offset the immunity that insects develop to them over time. It’s a vicious cycle that can’t be solved by further pesticide use and, in fact, is already reaching a...
