EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialA truffle found by Bella, a Lagotto Romagnolo — a breed prized for it’s skill at finding the fungal delicacy, in woods near Camerata Nuova, Italy, Jan. 12, 2023. (Stephanie Gengotti/The New York Times)
EditorialMelanie Jones, a biologist, in a forest on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, near Kelowna, Canada, Nov. 2, 2022. (Jennilee Marigomen/The New York Times)
EditorialSigrid Jakob examines a Schizophyllum commune, also known as the “split-gill” mushroom, at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, March 21, 2021. (Tonje Thilesen/The New York Times)
EditorialCryptophagus, Print, Cryptophagus is a genus of beetles in the family Cryptophagidae, the silken fungus beetles. It is distributed across all the ecozones of the world. Like most of the other beetles in the family, these are fungivores, feeding on fung...
EditorialSubcoccinella, Print, Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (the 24-spot ladybird) is a beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the only member of the genus Subcoccinella. It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with...
EditorialCryptophagus, Print, Cryptophagus is a genus of beetles in the family Cryptophagidae, the silken fungus beetles. It is distributed across all the ecozones of the world. Like most of the other beetles in the family, these are fungivores, feeding on fung...