Golden Fungus taking over Forests in North America

the Midwest for the last few years, and there does not seem to be no sign of them stopping. The golden oyster mushroom blooms on dead or decaying trees; they have butter-colored flushes.

Fungi are native to Asia, good to eat, and easy to cultivate. However, a new study proves that they sap resources from native mushrooms, increasing their spread. Aishwarya Veerabahu, a mycologist and doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an author of the study, published Wednesday in the journal Current Biology, as of now, there are no management strategies available to control its spread.” This explains the lack of attention given to the golden oyster issue and the emerging situation.

It has been a decade since the fungus was introduced to North America, but only in the last five years has it exposed its teeth. “The Golden Oyster has been popping up crazy all over the place,” said Matthew P. Nelsen, a mycologist and senior research scientist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. People don’t believe that this is a major problem because the mushroom is tasty to many. Still, the mushrooms’ fans are might not be so enticing to their appetites after being eaten for a decade.