Whether you’re on a berry-picking mission or stumble across an interesting mushroom on a hike, knowing Washington’s wildlife could be lifesaving. Washington is full of wild berries from blueberries to ...

You’ve likely heard about state flowers and state birds, but what about a state mushroom? Organizers with the Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival want to make the Tricholoma murillianum, commonly known ...

Here’s another reason to like Washington state’s drizzly climate in fall. “The Northwest is one of the prime spots in the world for mushroom hunting,” said Diann Mize of Tulalip, a member of the ...

If you’ve hiked or camped in the Pacific Northwest, you might have walked by a tiny, brown mushroom that some say has the capacity to change your life. Psilocybe azurescens and Psilocybe cyanescens ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Search and rescuers in Oregon and Washington have been dealing with a rash of mushroom hunters. Within a week, at least three people have been rescued while foraging for wild fungi.