Mushrooms

One thing we know to be true about Appalachians: we love to compete. But there’s more to a competition than winning. In this week’s Inside Appalachia, we meet competitors who are also keepers of beloved regional traditions.

On this West Virginia Morning, mushroom hunting is a mountain tradition that goes back centuries, but recently, older generations realized it was slipping away. Folkways reporter Nicole Musgrave went to the Mountain Mushroom Festival in Irvine, Kentucky and brings us this story.

Cordyceps, often called the zombie mushroom, is an elusive target for any mushroom hunter. Learn how to find this strange and valuable fungus with…

On West Virginia Morning, at a forum Monday night in Charleston, citizens asked state leaders for more treatment facilities for drug addiction. As it…

Appalachian foodies will be interested to hear that the forests in Appalachia could be an ideal environment for growing mushrooms on logs in your own…

In this episode of Inside Appalachia, we’re taking a road trip through the region to find people who are reviving the old recipes and bringing something…

Taking into consideration dermal and inhalation exposures, as well as ingestion, WV TAP researchers offer a screening level for MCHM eight times as…