Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just under the forest floor, a vast fungal network known as mycelium builds, communicates and occasionally produces the fruiting ...

Researchers in Germany have created a mushroom-based insulation material that could offer a greener, compostable alternative to synthetic building materials and even capture carbon along the way.

Just under the forest floor, a vast fungal network known as mycelium builds, communicates and occasionally produces the fruiting bodies we call mushrooms. Now scientists are using this fungus to ...