A rare dark purple mushroom has been documented in Arizona for the first time. As reported by This Is Tucson, a senior at the University of Arizona was foraging with friends in the Santa Catalina ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The University of Arizona is crediting one of its students for discovering a rare, purple mushroom on Mount Lemmon. Caitlin Dowd, senior studying geology, found the rare ...

It was a warm July afternoon near the Bear Wallow Campground in the Santa Catalinas when Caitlin Dowd crawled over a log and saw it. Entoloma occidentale variety metallicum. Brilliant purple stem and ...

Those who solve it within the time limit and without help will be able to brag about having an excellent eye for detail. There is a small mouse hiding among the different colored mushrooms - can you ...

A newly discovered mushroom species "lives in the rain forest, under a tree," and researchers say it's nearly as strange as its SpongeBob SquarePants namesake. Shaped like a sea sponge, the bright ...

When you stumble across something purple in the forest, it’s hard not to stop in your tracks. At least it was for me on a recent hike in Thetford, when I came across three purple mushrooms. They stood ...

I present to you the latest addition to my edible mushroom repertoire: lepista nuda, also known by the homey name blewit, which sounds like you just missed a great opportunity. And you would, if you ...