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Ecotech

Scientists create fungal battery that needs feeding - then eats itself

Yeast and white rot fungus could have a small but ingenious role to play in the energy transition.

11/01/2025

Lifestyle

Expo Cannabis 2024: A look inside Argentina’s largest marijuana fair

Expo Cannabis 2024, South America's largest cannabis fair, recently rolled into Buenos Aires, featuring cannabis, medicinal mushrooms, wellness workshops and legal discussions.

06/11/2024

Health news

EU funds psychedelics study for palliative care patients

The trial aims to understand if magic mushrooms can help treat depression and anxiety caused by incurable illnesses.

12/02/2024

Nature

Why are wild boars from Chernobyl still so radioactive?

It has to do with the pigs’ penchant for a certain truffle - and nuclear weapons tests that predate the accident.

02/09/2023

France

Mushroom poisonings are up in France - and it’s all due to the weather

Experts are warning that apps which claim to identify different mushroom species can get it wrong, so don't rely on technology to tell the edible from the poisonous.

01/09/2023

Scenes

Meet the urban farmer sprouting mushrooms from coffee waste in Portugal

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar. It wasn't a love for coffee or mushrooms that motivated Natan Jacquemin to become an urban farmer; rather, it was the care and concern for the environment.

28/08/2023

Poland

Does the EU want to ban mushroom picking in Poland?

A member of Poland’s ruling party is claiming the EU is trying to ban the “basic freedom” of mushroom picking in the country. Is this another election stunt or are the claims legitimate?

11/08/2023

Culture news

A mushroom guitar? Really? How to make music from mycelium

Rosewood out, mushroom spores in: Rachel Rosenkrantz is a guitar-maker who's integrated mycelium and other biomaterials to create more environmentally friendly, plastic-free instruments.

04/07/2023

Moments

Truffle tourism: The thrills and dark secrets of Italy's €60m industry

I went on a 5* break in Piedmont, Italy, to explore the intriguing world of truffle hunting.

09/11/2022

Food and Drink

Local food festivals preserve Italy's obscure regional dishes

Some towns play traditional music while people dance, others let younger generations to get giddy with gaudy fairground rides. Nearly all stage historic processions, but however the night is celebrated, food is the main and most important ingredient.

06/11/2022

Health news

Magic mushroom compound can reduce depression symptoms, trial shows

Patients given a single 25 mg dose of psilocybin coupled with therapy showed significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms three weeks later.

03/11/2022

Food and Drink

Fungi foraging: 5 safe and edible wild mushrooms to look out for

Autumn rains have given mushroom pickers in France and Switzerland a bumper crop this year, but with a multitude of fungi rich for picking, amateur foragers are urged to check with certified mushroom inspectors before feasting on their finds

01/11/2022

Moments

Wild mushrooms: A beginner's guide to safe and fun foraging in Europe

Want to try your hand at mushroom or truffle foraging in Europe? Read this first.

12/10/2022