Fungus provides powerful medicine in fighting honeybee viruses
Early results indicate effective new way to combat honeybee colony collapse crisis.
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April 18: Learn mushroom cultivation and grow your own
By Kate Halstead, WSU Extension SULTAN, Wash. – Whether you have a tiny backyard or hundreds of acres, growing edible mushrooms can be a great small-scale crop with the right techniques and a little patience. A workshop about growing edible mushrooms indoors and outdoors will be 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Ed’s Apples, […]
Can mushrooms save the honey bee?
By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Research by a Washington State University bee scientist and a mushroom farmer indicates that extracts from the fungus might help honey bees fight off disease and parasites.
‘Mushroom queen’ hunts fungus among us
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – October marks the peak of wild mushroom picking in the Northwest, and a Washington State University plant pathologist nicknamed the “mushroom queen” is just the person you’d want in tow. She can keep you from getting lost in the woods and from eating a mushroom that tastes […]