In the yard yesterday, I came upon a fly amanita. This is a mushroom — Latin name Amanita muscaria — that you don’t want to harvest and eat.

Swarms of the tiny flies associated with mushroom production in two Chester County townships have besieged residents in rural developments in […] Skip to content. All Sections.

The cage fungus, a brightly colored mushroom, smells like death and drips brown slime to attract flies, which helps the fungus spread.

The state is helping farmers fight phorid flies by making $500,000 in grants available through the Chester County Conservation District. "We have been working closely with the mushroom industry ...

While many mushrooms spread their spores by releasing them into the wind, the cage fungus gets the flies to do all the work As they feed, the flies unintentionally down millions of the fungus ...

Santa’s flying sleigh makes a lot more sense once you learn about this little reindeer game.