Some general types of mushrooms that grow on trees include bracket or 'shelf' mushrooms, jelly fungus, and cap fungus, although the wild world of mushrooms rarely fits into these neat categories.

The aspen bracket fungus (Phellinus tremulae) is host-specific to aspen trees, causing heart rot in the trunks and producing large distinctive brackets that can persist for years. As is often the case ...

A very dry September was followed by October, which was also arid, though not as much as the previous month. These are prime mushroom times in most years, but not this year. Mushrooms in the woods and ...