Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. I step ...

Bolete mushrooms grow on the ground near trees, have umbrella-like caps and have pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap. There are many different kinds of bolete mushrooms in North ...

MT. LEMMON, Ariz. (KGUN) — "Best mushroom on the planet," Hernan Castro said while leaning down to smell a large brain-shaped mushroom growing at the bottom of a tree on Mount Lemmon. Castro is a ...

A two-colored bolete is pictured. While walking on Audubon’s trails, which I often do with a friend who is very familiar with mushrooms, she casually mentioned something that has changed my view on ...