First things first, let’s clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are ...

Long-footed potoroos dig up and eat many truffle-like fungi, spreading spores and keeping vital fungi-forest relationships ...

If you've ever been for a walk in the forest or poked around your local park, you're probably familiar with seeing mushrooms popping up as the weather turns cooler. But you're not the only one.

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

Truffle-hunting training for dogs is a popular “track” of the three-day festival. Any dog can be trained to sniff out the location of ripe native truffles, so the hunters can dig the few inches ...