Advice for amateur mushroom hunters

Oct. 20, 2012
If you’re looking for the perfect specimen for your fall dinner table, take a note from Field Museum mycologist Patrick Leacock. 

Irene aftermath: When it rains, it spores

Sep. 17, 2011
When Hurricane Irene tore through the Northeast last month, it caused severe flooding and damage to homes, trees and power lines. But it also left behind something rather delicate — mushrooms.Foragers say they've seen more fungi in the past few weeks than ever before.

The Fish Guy is 'shrooming

Apr. 6, 2011
Bill Dugan knows his seafood. As proprietor of The Fish Guy on Elston Ave., he can talk for hours (literally) about the dude who plucked that sea urchin from the coast or the family who works the Nantucket Cape every Fall in search of tiny, sweet bay scallops.