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Fungi-tree planting could feed millions while capturing tonnes of carbon – study

Growing edible mushrooms alongside trees can produce a valuable food source for millions of people while capturing carbon, a new study has found. For the last two years, Paul Thomas, honorary professor at the University of Stirling’s Faculty of ...

13 Mar 2023 at 20:00

Scientists to examine how mushrooms become magic

Scientists are using advanced genetic methods and behavioural experiments in a bid to uncover how mushrooms become magic and evolve psychedelic properties. Compounds found in so-called magic mushrooms are increasingly being recognised for ...

17 Oct 2022 at 09:00

Fungi could be ‘untapped potential’ of carbon storage, study suggests

Fungi could be an “untapped potential” of carbon storage, with more than 13 gigatons of CO2e passing through an underground network of mycelium every year, a new study suggests. Equivalent to 36% of annual CO2 emissions from fossil fuels,...

05 Jun 2023 at 17:00

Ant agriculture started 66 million years ago, study suggests

Ant agriculture started 66 million years ago as fungi experienced “a heyday” in the aftermath of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. Colonies of ants began farming the organisms after the event created ideal ...

03 Oct 2024 at 19:00

Ghost palms and toothy toadstools among species named by Kew scientists in 2024

More than 170 plants and fungi previously unknown to science have been named for the first time in 2024 by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners. New finds of toothy toadstools from the UK, orchids from ...

19 Dec 2024 at 00:01

World’s fungi at risk from agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl – experts

More than 1,000 of the world’s fungi species have been assessed for their extinction risk, revealing many of the “unsung heroes” of life on Earth are under threat. The finding comes in the latest update of the International Union ...

28 Mar 2025 at 10:28

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Women seek home for 12ft by 11ft woollen map of Ireland

A 12ft by 11ft wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display. A group of up to 18 women in Co Wicklow, consisting of skilled knitters, ...

15 Jul 2025 at 11:37

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Massive woollen map of Ireland features Kildare landmark

A 12ft by 11ft wool map of Ireland, which includes a Kildare visitor attraction, took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete. It is now in search of a new home to go on public display. A group of up to 18 women ...

15 Jul 2025 at 19:33

Local News

Massive woollen map of Ireland features Kildare landmark

15 Jul 2025 at 19:33

Garden experts embrace fungi as weather conditions encourage autumn bonanza

Garden experts are embracing fungi as part of a healthy garden, in a change of approach that comes amid an autumn bonanza of mushrooms. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) says it is seeing record numbers of ...

11 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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