Introduction Imagine hiking through the remote forests of southern Patagonia, surrounded by ancient beech trees, their branches swaying in the cold southern wind. The air is crisp, the landscape untouched. Then, you notice something strange—tree trunks and branches covered in clusters of bright orange, golf-ball-sized growths. They look more like alien eggs than something from … Continue reading Darwin’s Fungus: The Strange Edible Mushrooms of Patagonia