A FUNGUS AMONG US: Businesses like Chris Parker's Mushroom Central in West Asheville are making edible mushroom cultivation accessible to amateur do-it-yourselfers. Drive through any Asheville ...

When it comes to mushrooms, fungus is a good thing. Fungi are even better – lots and lots of them. Here at DIY we’re big believers that if you can make it or grow it at home, then why not try to!

MARION TWP. — A mushroom farmer near Howell is taking a bite out of hunger. Erin Hamilton, of Marion Township, is the founder of The Mushroom Conservatory. She sells do-it-yourself mushroom growing ...

On a ridge in Echo Park, the fungus kingdom has established a small beachhead in Mary Steffens’ side yard. She’s growing shiitake, the iconic tree mushroom native to China and beloved in Japan. For ...

Golden oyster mushrooms have escaped cultivation and are now growing in at least 25 states in the U.S. The invasive species has also been spotted growing in the wild in Ontario. Golden oyster ...

Kris and Glenn Coville’s house isn’t exactly the picture of tidiness. Children’s bikes and toys are strewn on the lawn. Bits of farm detritus share space with furniture on the tumbledown homestead’s ...

Local mushrooms are making both meals and medicine. Kalvin Stern and Rachel Davis own and operate Fiddlehead Knob, a mushroom farm in LeRoy, Minnesota. The farm is a 10-acre homestead that was owned ...