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 ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small ...

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 ...

Not long into our conversation at his lab based in Lemoyne, I decide that William Padilla-Brown, of Elizabethtown, is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met. At 24, Padilla-Brown is the ...