Festival Reino Fungi 2026 takes place in Pucón, Chile, from 30 April to 3 May, bringing together scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and local communities around the theme of decomposition as a force for regeneration. The fifth edition builds on the 2025 event, which drew more than 10,000 attendees, and expands its international reach with speakers from Argentina, Colombia and beyond. The festival frames fungal intelligence as a model for rethinking innovation, culture and ter

MycoWorks has ended as we once knew it. The company has changed hands, with none of the founding team remaining affiliated with it. I would like to share my view of a long arc. Before the Before MycoWorks began, like so many things in San Francisco during the late eighties, with mutual aid. The pot clubs of that era were community initiated health clinics, and a good representation of that ethos. Marijuana was offered alongside a constellation of other remedies: acupuncture,

MycoTechnology has achieved self-affirmed GRAS status for Zukora, its fermentation-derived sweet protein, clearing the way for commercial sales in the United States.

Researchers at the University of Maine have combined mushroom mycelium with wood-derived cellulose to create a biodegradable food packaging material that resists both water and oil.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, found in over 75% of plant species, are being disrupted by warmer winters and reduced snowpack, leaving plants less able to absorb nutrients.