The largest organism is the Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the "humongous fungus." The fungus covers 2,385 acres and is 8,650 years old, weighing 35,000 tons. Experts suggest that other organisms ...
Hidden beneath a quiet patch of forest in eastern Oregon, a single organism has quietly conquered the landscape, killing ...
Mushrooms abound on the eastern flank of Owl Creek Pass in Western Colorado in early August, particularly after an unusually rainy summer. Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), the infamous and deadly red ...
Some stands of aspen and cottonwood trees across northern Colorado and along the Front Range won’t be at their most picturesque this fall due to leaf spot diseases that benefitted from an unusually ...
Rocky Mountain National Park announced April 3 that lab tests conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed that a fungus has been detected in bats found in the Holzwarth Historic Site area, ...