According to the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, there are more than 6 million species of fungi worldwide, many of which are mushrooms. People tend to confuse them with ...

The soil in a garden is teeming with fungi and their spores. However, gardeners can’t see them and most of the time the spores are dormant just waiting until all the conditions are right for them to ...

I earned serious brownie points as a big sister this Christmas after I gifted my plant-obsessed younger sibling a set of Tinkling Toadstools (£11.25 at Amazon), and they look so good IRL, I couldn’t ...

Toadstools appear on lawns due to the soil environment like organic debris under the lawn or active spores waiting for the correct conditions. Some people find toadstools attractive on their lawns ...

You may be familiar with the red toadstool with white spots, which are often the homes of fairies in children's stories. These toadstools are also a small part of grander magical story: they are ...

The RHS’s Taste of Autumn Festival runs across all four RHS gardens, October 20-23, with each offering something special: from cookery demonstrations at Wisley, to fungus forays at Harlow Carr, as ...