These edible mushrooms tend to grow in clusters ... However, puffballs come last on this list because they do have a deadly look-alike—though it’s easy to tell the two apart.

These edible mushrooms are a favorite among foragers for ... One of the brightest mushrooms on this list, witch's butter (Tremella mesenterica), is a vibrant yellow-orange jelly fungus that ...

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mushrooms are everywhere — on forest floors, in gardens, in networks connecting below our feet. The largest organism ...