Researchers at the University of Vienna produced flexible leather-like sheets from Agaricus bisporus mushroom processing residues using papermaking methods.

A single 5g dose of psilocybin-containing mushrooms (Enigma strain) was associated with striking short-term functional improvements in an octogenarian with a decade-long history of advanced Alzheimer's disease, including the return of spontaneous speech, urinary continence, and independent movement. Psilocybin acts on serotonin 5-HT2A receptors to alter large-scale brain network dynamics and may promote structural neural plasticity, potentially making residual functional capa

A rigorous 18-week clinical trial found that daily consumption of maitake mushrooms significantly improved cognitive scores in healthy older adults, particularly in memory.

Straw mushroom meal can replace up to 50% of soybean meal in whiteleg shrimp diets without harming growth or survival. Mushroom-derived compounds act as natural prebiotics, boosting beneficial gut bacteria and immune cell counts in shrimp. The findings point to a practical, lower-cost fungal protein alternative that could reduce aquaculture's reliance on environmentally costly feed ingredients. A Feed Industry Under Pressure Aquaculture feeds have a problem. Soybean meal, the

Clear-cutting boreal forests does not reduce the total number of ectomycorrhizal fungal species, but permanently alters which species are present, with effects lasting at least a century.