Now, this week's mystery plant (Chinese chestnut ... that seems to be mostly impervious to the deadly fungus mentioned above. It is a small tree, usually not more than about 20' tall, and with ...

A half-ton, 33-foot-long fungal fruiting body was discovered growing under a felled tree in China ... species — ever discovered. The giant fungus is estimated to be 20 years old, according ...

"We did not know the fungus can grow so huge." The tree on which the fungus is feeding, which appears to be long-dead and largely decayed, is suspected to have provided the enormous fruiting body ...

The Chinese flame tree and its slightly smaller cousin the golden rain tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, are almost ideal trees. Fast growing and deciduous, these Chinese and Korean natives put on a ...

Q: Is Chinese flame tree the same as golden raintree, Koelreuteria bipinnata? — M.W., Houston Kathy Huber has worked for the Houston Chronicle since May 1981. She was Features Copy Desk chief ...

The city of Burbank helped them do it by sending forestry service workers Dan Deagon and Harold “Woody” Woods to plant a Chinese Flame Tree in front of the family’s house Wednesday.

Black fungus is an edible mushroom that’s a popular ingredient in Chinese cuisine. It’s typically sold dry under various names, such as cloud ear or tree ear fungus. It should be soaked and ...