Great Lakes Now

The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi

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The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi

By Aishwarya Veerabahu, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits.

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Jud Virden, Ph.D., Appointed Laboratory Director at NREL

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The Alliance for Sustainable Energy (Alliance) today announced the appointment of Jud Virden, Ph.D., as director of NREL and president of the Alliance, which manages the laboratory for the Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Virden will officially join NREL in this role on Oct. 1, 2025. Virden was selected following … [continued]

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