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Dry Idaho spring dooms projected shroom boom

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:28 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - What was supposed to have been a banner mushroom boom after last summer's big Trinity Ridge Fire on the Boise National Forest as become a fungi flop, as dry weather led to few morels and only sporadic pickers.

Mushroom hunters get ready for white morel season

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:13:11 -0400

ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan - Morel season has arrived and mushroom gatherers are out in pursuit of the fungal delicacy.

Gillette man accused of growing pot in home

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:59:04 -0400

GILLETTE, Wyoming - A 23-year-old man accused of growing 14 marijuana plants in his Gillette home is facing a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.

W.Va. workshop to offer tips on growing mushrooms

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:50:37 -0400

INSTITUTE, West Virginia - West Virginia State University's Extension Service is trying to get residents involved in mushroom growing.

Calif. objects to moving inmates because of fungus

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:13:31 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - It is premature to move more than 3,000 inmates out of two state prisons until more is known about an airborne fungus that is being blamed for nearly three-dozen inmate deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration said in a court filing Monday night.

Fever hits thousands in parched West farm region

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:22:37 -0400

FRESNO, California - California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it.

Mushroom hunters find body in C. Indiana woods

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:08:39 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Police say mushroom hunters found a man's body in a wooded area near an entrance to Morgan-Monroe State Forest in central Indiana.

Inmate-removal order complicates Calif prison plan

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:20:26 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Already facing a potential contempt order, Gov. Jerry Brown now must leap another hurdle to meet a court-ordered deadline this week to say how he will reduce crowding in California prisons.

Lost mushroom hunters located in nature preserve

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:54:05 -0400

WAVELAND, Indiana - Indiana conservation officers have rescued two mushroom hunters who became lost in a western Indiana nature preserve.

Lost mushroom hunters located in nature preserve

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:01:23 -0400

WAVELAND, Indiana - Indiana conservation officers have rescued two mushroom hunters who became lost in a western Indiana nature preserve.

House votes to make brewer's yeast state microbe

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:10:34 -0400

PORTLAND, Oregon - The state Legislature is considering honoring brewer's yeast as the state microbe.