A fungus that does not attack wood, but preserves it. It sounds strange, but it is possible. A new study shows that black fungi on oiled wood can behave like a 'biofinish'. This layer colors the wood ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Though I don't know of any official counts, my bet would be on the turkey tail fungus (Trametes versicolor). As it decays, almost every dead broad-leaf tree will provide a place ...

A few years ago, a large American beech tree died. Eventually, the large trunk weakened, and it probably was a wind storm that brought it down. As a broken log laying on the ground, the rotting beech ...