When the nights are a little cooler, the soil is moist and there is so much decaying material like roots and heavy wood mulch, these nasty fungi get my phone ringing. Stinkhorns occur naturally ...

True to their name, Stinkhorn Mushrooms emit a pungent odor that is unmistakable once you’re familiar with it. “You’ll usually smell a stinkhorn before you see it,” Corbett says.

Fungi photographer Steve Axford takes us inside his 'fungarium' to watch it bloom. Stinkhorn fungi are both beautiful and gross all at the same time. This bizarre fungus can pop up suddenly when ...

Gardeners will encounter fungi that cause all sorts of problems in fruit (fruit rots), in roots (Phytophthora), and in stems ...

Even wrapped in paper, the stench of the aptly named stinkhorn mushrooms was overpowering, but the woman stifled a laugh upon overhearing two other passengers gripe about the swarm of flies around ...

Image courtesy of Bhathiya Gopallawa. Unlike typical mushrooms that rely on the wind for spore dispersal, stinkhorns use insects, especially flies, as their carriers. The tip of the mushroom is ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...